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Ducking vs Bucking - What's the difference?

ducking | bucking |

As verbs the difference between ducking and bucking

is that ducking is present participle of lang=en while bucking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between ducking and bucking

is that ducking is the action of the verb to duck while bucking is the act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.

ducking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to duck .
  • (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
    • They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.

    Derived terms

    * ducking stool

    bucking

    English

    (wikipedia bucking)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
  • The liquid used in this process.
    • (Tomlinson)
  • A washing.
  • The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
  • (of a quadruped ) The act of bucking, or kicking both hind legs upward.