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Hugging vs Cuddling - What's the difference?

hugging | cuddling |

As verbs the difference between hugging and cuddling

is that hugging is while cuddling is .

As nouns the difference between hugging and cuddling

is that hugging is the act of giving a hug while cuddling is the act of giving a cuddle.

hugging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a hug.
  • * 1844 , Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches
    • There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off

    cuddling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a cuddle.
  • * 1919 , Lucy Montgomery, Rainbow Valley (page 28)
    • Una envied all children their mothers. She had been only six when her mother died, but she had some very precious memories, treasured in her soul like jewels, of twilight cuddlings and morning frolics