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Calving vs Caving - What's the difference?

calving | caving |

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

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving birth to a calf
  • The breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, glacier etc.
  • caving

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia caving)
  • 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)
  • Likewise, some Turner Valley wells had to be abandoned because of repeated cavings .

    See also

    * speleology * potholing

    Verb

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