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Shedding vs Dropping - What's the difference?

shedding | dropping |

As verbs the difference between shedding and dropping

is that shedding is while dropping is .

As nouns the difference between shedding and dropping

is that shedding is the act of shedding, separating, or casting off while dropping is the act of something that drops or falls.

shedding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.
    • the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament
  • That which is shed, or cast off.
    • (Wordsworth)
    (Webster 1913)

    dropping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that drops or falls.
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