Drooling vs Gushing - What's the difference?
drooling | gushing |
The act of one who drools.
* 2013 , James Nairne, Psychology (page 209)
Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
Inclined to gush; effusive.
The act or motion of something that gushes.
* 1866 , George Wyard
As verbs the difference between drooling and gushing
is that drooling is present participle of lang=en while gushing is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between drooling and gushing
is that drooling is the act of one who drools while gushing is the act or motion of something that gushes.As an adjective gushing is
flowing forth suddenly or violently.drooling
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* droolinglyNoun
(en noun)- Pavlov referred to these premature droolings as “psychic” secretions, and he began to study why they occurred, in part to avoid future contamination of his digestion experiments.
gushing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a gushing tourist
Derived terms
* gushingly * gushingnessVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Oh, then what gushings forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!