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Throwing vs Catching - What's the difference?

throwing | catching |

As verbs the difference between throwing and catching

is that throwing is present participle of lang=en while catching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between throwing and catching

is that throwing is the act by which something is thrown while catching is the action of the verb catch.

As an adjective catching is

contagious.

throwing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is thrown.
  • * 1909 , Booth Tarkington, Beasley's Christmas Party
  • The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

    • Anagrams

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    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