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Singing vs Humming - What's the difference?

singing | humming |

As nouns the difference between singing and humming

is that singing is the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing while humming is the sound of something that hums; a hum.

As verbs the difference between singing and humming

is that singing is present participle of lang=en while humming is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective singing

is smooth and flowing.

singing

English

Noun

(wikipedia singing) (en-noun)
  • The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
  • (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
  • (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (music) Smooth and flowing.
  • Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • See also

    * sing * singing bowl * song

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    humming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of something that hums; a hum.
  • * 1969 , New York Magazine (volume 2, number 49, 8 December 1969, page 70)
    • There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings