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Declining vs Slowing - What's the difference?

declining | slowing |

As verbs the difference between declining and slowing

is that declining is present participle of lang=en while slowing is present participle of slow.

As nouns the difference between declining and slowing

is that declining is decline while slowing is deceleration; slowing down.

declining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • decline
  • * John Whitgift
    • For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened.

    slowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • deceleration; slowing down
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • We have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings .