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Falling vs Gliding - What's the difference?

falling | gliding |

As verbs the difference between falling and gliding

is that falling is while gliding is .

As nouns the difference between falling and gliding

is that falling is the action of the verb to fall while gliding is the action or motion of something that glides.

As an adjective falling

is that falls or fall.

falling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • That falls or fall.
  • falling leaves
    falling prices

    Derived terms

    * deviation of a falling body * downfalling * everfalling * falling action * falling band, falling-band * falling collar * falling diphthong * falling-disease * falling-door * falling dunes * falling-evil * falling factorial * falling film evaporator * falling front or back * falling-gate * falling-hinge * falling houses * falling-ill * falling-in * falling knife * falling leaf * falling limb * falling-mold, falling-mould * falling palate * falling rhythm * falling-rising * falling ruff * falling scream * falling sequential product * falling sickness, falling-sickness * falling-sluice * falling sphere * falling star, falling-star * falling stone * falling tide * falling tone * falling weather, falling-weather * falling weight deflectometer * in-falling, infalling * rising-falling * tear-falling * wall-falling

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The action of the verb to fall .
  • * (Jeremy Taylor)
  • Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

    Derived terms

    * downfalling * falling axe * falling of the leaf * falling of the womb * falling rope * falling saw * falling-short * falling wedge * infalling * intelligent falling * off-falling * outfalling

    gliding

    Noun

  • The action or motion of something that glides.
  • The hobby, sport or act of flying a glider.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * gliding plane

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