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Drinking vs Swallowing - What's the difference?

drinking | swallowing |

As verbs the difference between drinking and swallowing

is that drinking is present participle of lang=en while swallowing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between drinking and swallowing

is that drinking is an act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages while swallowing is the act of one who swallows.

drinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
  • * 1853 , Susan Bogert Warner, The wide, wide world (page 372)
    • At home there were other studies and much reading; many tea drinkings on the lawn, and even breakfastings, which she thought pleasanter still.

    swallowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who swallows.
  • * 1865 , The Hahnemannian Monthly (volume 1, page 354)
    • Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings .