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Catching vs Contracting - What's the difference?

catching | contracting |

As verbs the difference between catching and contracting

is that catching is while contracting is , as in hiring or trading.

As adjectives the difference between catching and contracting

is that catching is (informal) contagious while contracting is that is getting smaller.

As a noun catching

is the action of the verb catch.

catching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring

    • contracting

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That is getting smaller.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • , as in hiring or trading.