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Gaining vs Catching - What's the difference?

gaining | catching |

As verbs the difference between gaining and catching

is that gaining is while catching is .

As nouns the difference between gaining and catching

is that gaining is gain; profit while catching is the action of the verb catch.

As an adjective catching is

(informal) contagious.

gaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • gain; profit
  • * 1807 , The London Medical and Physical Journal

    • catching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring