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Dripping vs Trickling - What's the difference?

dripping | trickling |

As nouns the difference between dripping and trickling

is that dripping is solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat while trickling is the act of something that trickles.

As verbs the difference between dripping and trickling

is that dripping is present participle of lang=en while trickling is present participle of lang=en.

dripping

English

Noun

(wikipedia dripping)
  • Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
  • * 1915 , ":
    • They were pleased because he was not above drinking a cup of tea with them, and when the dawn came and they were still waiting they offered him a slice of bread and dripping ; he was not squeamish and could eat most things now with a good appetite.
  • The sound or action of something that drips.
    • Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.

    Derived terms

    * dripping pan

    Verb

    (head)

    • trickling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that trickles.
    • the tricklings of water down the cave walls