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Hurtling vs Turtling - What's the difference?

hurtling | turtling |

As verbs the difference between hurtling and turtling

is that hurtling is present participle of lang=en while turtling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hurtling and turtling

is that hurtling is the act of something being hurtled or thrown while turtling is the hunting of turtles (the reptiles).

hurtling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something being hurtled or thrown.
  • * Richard Miller Devens
    • He clasped his hands over the breast of the brave young Irish volunteer, who had come so willingly with him from the same State, who had stood so gallantly by his side in the deadly hurtlings of battle
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • Thenceforth no flying fires inflamed the gray, / No hurtlings shook the dewdrop from the thorn, / No moan perplexed the mute bird on the spray;

    turtling

    English

    (wikipedia turtling)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • The hunting of turtles (the reptiles ).
  • (nautical) Turning turtle.
  • (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
  • (computer games) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A baby turtle.
  • * 1912 , William Vaughn Moody, The poems and plays of William Vaughn Moody :
    • Drowsy with dawn, barely asail, Buzzes the blue-bottle over the shale, Scared from the pool by the leaping trout; And the brood of turtlings clamber out On the log by their oozy house.
  • * 1997 , in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64, page 94:
    • The turtle-lings , kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.
  • * 2012 , Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil :
    • Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.