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Feeding vs Swallowing - What's the difference?

feeding | swallowing |

As verbs the difference between feeding and swallowing

is that feeding is present participle of lang=en while swallowing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between feeding and swallowing

is that feeding is an instance of giving food while swallowing is the act of one who swallows.

feeding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of giving food.
  • * 1750 , The Universal Magazine (volume 7, page 52)
  • (dated) That which is eaten; food.
  • (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

    • Derived terms

    * bottom feeding * deposit feeding * filter feeding * fluid feeding * food-mass feeding * force feeding * feeding frenzy * feeding tube

    Anagrams

    * feigned

    swallowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who swallows.
  • * 1865 , The Hahnemannian Monthly (volume 1, page 354)
    • Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings .