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Cuddling vs Caressing - What's the difference?

cuddling | caressing |

As verbs the difference between cuddling and caressing

is that cuddling is while caressing is .

As nouns the difference between cuddling and caressing

is that cuddling is the act of giving a cuddle while caressing is a caress.

cuddling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a cuddle.
  • * 1919 , Lucy Montgomery, Rainbow Valley (page 28)
    • Una envied all children their mothers. She had been only six when her mother died, but she had some very precious memories, treasured in her soul like jewels, of twilight cuddlings and morning frolics

    caressing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • It was a quick drive to her apartment, and although we didn't actually verbalize that we wanted to have sex, we were caressing each other's thighs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A caress.