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Coasting vs Sailing - What's the difference?

coasting | sailing |

As verbs the difference between coasting and sailing

is that coasting is present participle of lang=en while sailing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between coasting and sailing

is that coasting is the act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port while sailing is motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.

As an adjective sailing is

travelling by ship.

coasting

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
  • * 1772 , A Select Collection of Letters of the Late Reverend George Whitefield (page 390)
    • Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.

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    sailing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
  • Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
  • The time of departure from a port

    • Derived terms

    * clear sailing * plain sailing * sailing ship * sailing dinghy * sailing vessel

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Travelling by ship

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