Floating vs Levitate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between floating and levitate

is that floating is present participle of lang=en while levitate is to cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

is that which floats or float.

is material that floats in a liquid.

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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.

* floating point, floating-point * floating voter

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(en noun)

(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.

* 1898 , Journal of Microscopy (page 256)

Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings .

(levitat)

To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

The magician levitated the woman.

To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

The guru claimed that he could levitate .