Calving vs Caving - What's the difference?
calving | caving |
The act of giving birth to a calf
The breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, glacier etc.
The recreational sport of exploring caves.
An act of collapsing or caving in.
* 2005 , Sandy Gow, ?Bonar Alexander Gow, Roughnecks, Rock Bits and Rigs (page 282)
As verbs the difference between calving and caving
is that calving is present participle of lang=en while caving is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between calving and caving
is that calving is the act of giving birth to a calf while caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves.calving
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(en noun)caving
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(wikipedia caving)- Likewise, some Turner Valley wells had to be abandoned because of repeated cavings .