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Parrying vs Harrying - What's the difference?

parrying | harrying |

As verbs the difference between parrying and harrying

is that parrying is present participle of lang=en while harrying is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between parrying and harrying

is that parrying is the act of one who parries while harrying is the act of one who harries or harasses.

parrying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who parries.
  • * 1973 , Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel (page 253)
    • The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.

    harrying

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * '>citation

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who harries or harasses.
  • * 1871 , The British Quarterly Review
    • The northern pirates were now swarming on every sea, and the coasts of Britain, Gaul, and Germany were all alike desolated by their harryings .