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Coach vs Coaching - What's the difference?

coach | coaching |

As nouns the difference between coach and coaching

is that coach is a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power while coaching is the act by which someone is coached.

As verbs the difference between coach and coaching

is that coach is (sports) to train while coaching is .

coach

English

Noun

(es)
  • A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  • (rail) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
  • A trainer or instructor.
  • (British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
  • (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach .
  • That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.
    • John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

    Synonyms

    * (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power) carriage * (railroad car drawn by a locomotive) carriage

    Derived terms

    * coachable * coach and horses * coachbuilder * coach dog * coacher * coach horse * coach lamp * coachman * coachmaster * coach roof * coachwork * head coach * life coach * roach coach * slip coach * stagecoach

    Verb

    (es)
  • (sports) To train.
  • To instruct; to train.
    • She has coached many opera stars.
  • To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it ).
  • * E. Waterhouse
    • Coaching it to all quarters.
  • To convey in a coach.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * coachability

    coaching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone is coached.
  • * 2009 , Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board
    • While Promedica may indeed have been an unfair labor practice case, the salient issue involved whether coachings were disciplinary, and thus could be considered "discrimination" under Sec. 8(a)(3) of the Act.