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Floating vs Suspension - What's the difference?

floating | suspension |

As nouns the difference between floating and suspension

is that floating is (in the plural) material that floats in a liquid while suspension is suspension (of solid particles in a liquid).

As an adjective floating

is that which floats or float.

As a verb floating

is .

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 .

    suspension

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
    • suspension from a hook
  • A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
    • suspension from school as a disciplinary measure
  • The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
  • The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
  • The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car, which allow the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
  • (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
  • (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
  • (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
  • (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.
  • (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds by means of punishment.

    • Synonyms

    * delay, interruption, intermission, stop

    Derived terms

    * *

    Related terms

    * pleas in suspension * points of suspension * suspension bridge * suspension of arms * suspension scale