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Flying vs Nimble - What's the difference?

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Flying is a related term of nimble.


As adjectives the difference between flying and nimble

is that flying is that can fly while nimble is quick and light in movement or action.

As a verb flying

is .

As a noun flying

is an act of flight.

flying

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That can fly.
    • (flying fox)
  • Brief or hurried.
    • (flying visit)
  • (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * flyingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of flight.
  • * 1993 , John C. Greene, ?Gladys L. H. Clark, The Dublin Stage, 1720-1745 (page 58)
    • "Flyings'" could vary considerably in complexity and lavishness and could involve an actor or property being either lifted from the stage into the flies above or vice versa. As Colin Visser has observed, ' flyings and sinkings are both "associated with supernatural manifestations of various kinds"

    nimble

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Quick and light in movement or action.
    • He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
  • Quick-witted and alert.
    • She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.