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Caressing vs Rubbing - What's the difference?

caressing | rubbing |

As verbs the difference between caressing and rubbing

is that caressing is while rubbing is .

As nouns the difference between caressing and rubbing

is that caressing is a caress while rubbing is an impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

caressing

English

Verb

(head)
    • It was a quick drive to her apartment, and although we didn't actually verbalize that we wanted to have sex, we were caressing each other's thighs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A caress.

    • rubbing

    English

    (wikipedia rubbing)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

    • Verb

    (head)