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Drooling vs Gushing - What's the difference?

drooling | gushing |

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

    * droolingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who drools.
  • * 2013 , James Nairne, Psychology (page 209)
  • 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)
  • Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
  • Inclined to gush; effusive.
  • a gushing tourist

    Derived terms

    * gushingly * gushingness

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or motion of something that gushes.
  • * 1866 , George Wyard
  • Oh, then what gushings forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!