Course vs Passing - What's the difference?

In sports terms the difference between course and passing

is that course is the trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc while passing is the act of passing a ball etc. to another player.

In lang=en terms the difference between course and passing

is that course is a pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela while passing is the act of approving a bill etc.

As nouns the difference between course and passing

is that course is a sequence of events while passing is death, dying; the end of something.

As verbs the difference between course and passing

is that course is to run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood) while passing is present participle of lang=en.

As adverbs the difference between course and passing

is that course is alternative form of lang=en while passing is surpassingly, greatly.

As an adjective passing is

that passes away; ephemeral.

course

English

Noun

(en noun)

A sequence of events.

# A normal or customary sequence.

#* Shakespeare

The course of true love never did run smooth.

#* Milton

Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course .

# A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.

# Any ordered process or sequence or steps.

# A learning program, as in a school.

#* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses , the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

# A treatment plan.

# A stage of a meal.

# The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

#* Bible, 2 Chron. viii. 14

He appointed the courses of the priests.

A path that something or someone moves along.

# The itinerary of a race.

# A racecourse.

# The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.

# (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.

# (golf) A golf course.

# (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.

# (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.

(nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.

A row or file of objects.

# (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.

# (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.

# (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.

(music) A string on a lute.

(music) A pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela.

Derived terms

* bird course * courseless * courselike * crash course * due course * let nature take its course * massive open online course (MOOC) * of course * off course * on course

Verb

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

The oil coursed through the engine.

Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.

* 2013 , Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/is-pope-catholic-atheists-gay-people-abortion]

He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?

To run through or over.

* Alexander Pope

The bounding steed courses the dusty plain.

To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.

* Shakespeare

We coursed him at the heels.

To cause to chase after or pursue game.

to course greyhounds after deer

Adverb

(-)

(colloquial)

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passing

English

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(en adjective)

That passes away; ephemeral.

* 1814 , (Lord Byron), Lara , I.15:

And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours

* 2010 , Marianne Kirby, The Guardian , 21 Sep 2010:

It might be possible to dismiss

dittowatch as just another passing internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.

* Shakespeare

her passing deformity

* 1835 , (Washington Irving), The Crayon Miscellany :

It was by dint of passing strength, / That he moved the massy stone at length.

* 1847 , Robert Holmes, The Case of Ireland Stated :

That parliament was destined, in one short hour of convulsive strength, in one short hour of passing glory, to humble the pride and alarm the fears of England.

vague, cursory.

* 2011 , Stewart J Lawrence, The Guardian , 14 Jun 2011:

Ardent pro-lifer Rick Santorum made one passing reference to "authenticity" as a litmus test for a conservative candidate, but if he was obliquely referring to Romney (and he was), you could be excused for missing the dig.

going past - passing cars.

Adverb

(-)

* 1813 , (Percy Bysshe Shelley), Queen Mab , I:

One, pale as yonder waning moon, / With lips of lurid blue; / The other, rosy as the morn / When throned on ocean's wave, / It blushes o'er the world: / Yet both so passing wonderful!

* 2010 , Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian , 30 Oct 2010:

‘I find it passing strange that convicts understand honest folk, but honest folk don't understand convicts.’

Usage notes

* This use is sometimes misconstrued as meaning "vaguely" or "slightly" (perhaps by confusion with such phrases as "passing fancy", under Adjective, above), leading to formations such as "more than passing clever" etc.

Noun

Death, dying; the end of something.

The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.

* (Oliver Onions), The Story of Louie

And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.

(legal) The act of approving a bill etc.

(sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.

A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.