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Swinging vs Hookup - What's the difference?

swinging | hookup |

As nouns the difference between swinging and hookup

is that swinging is the act or motion of that which swings while hookup is a connection.

As adjectives the difference between swinging and hookup

is that swinging is (informal) fine, good, successful while hookup is for the purpose of connecting.

As a verb swinging

is .

swinging

English

(wikipedia swinging)

Noun

  • The act or motion of that which swings.
  • * 1973 , Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)
    • Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism
  • An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Fine, good, successful.
    • The party was swinging .

    hookup

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • For the purpose of connecting.
    • I need to buy some hookup wire .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A connection.
    • The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup .
  • A brief sexual relationship or encounter; a fling.
  • :"The latter participant, for instance, met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online."[http://www.policyresourcegroup.com/documents/MSMBaileyNA_2010.pdf]
  • A sexual partner
  • :"As a webmaster, yeah, I would have to say that the predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online."[http://www.policyresourcegroup.com/documents/MSMBaileyNA_2010.pdf]

    • Synonyms

    * (brief sexual relations) (l)

    Related terms

    * the verb hook up