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Floating vs Flowing - What's the difference?

floating | flowing |

As adjectives the difference between floating and flowing

is that floating is that which floats or float while flowing is tending to flow.

As verbs the difference between floating and flowing

is that floating is present participle of lang=en while flowing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between floating and flowing

is that floating is material that floats in a liquid while flowing is the action of the verb to flow

floating

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That which floats or float.
    • floating buoys
  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
    • The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
    In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.
    You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.
  • (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

    • Derived terms

    * floating point, floating-point * floating voter

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
  • * 1898 , Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
    • Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings .

    flowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to flow
    • the flowing of the river

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to flow.
  • Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
  • *'>citation
    • a flowing dress
    flowing prose

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