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Caught vs Catching - What's the difference?

caught | catching |

As adjectives the difference between caught and catching

is that caught is of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it while catching is contagious.

As verbs the difference between caught and catching

is that caught is past tense of catch while catching is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun catching is

the action of the verb catch.

caught

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (catch)

    • Derived terms

    * caught in the act * caught red-handed * caught with one's hand in the cookie jar

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    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms

    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