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Inhaling vs Swallowing - What's the difference?

inhaling | swallowing |

As verbs the difference between inhaling and swallowing

is that inhaling is present participle of lang=en while swallowing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between inhaling and swallowing

is that inhaling is inhalation while swallowing is the act of one who swallows.

inhaling

English

(wikipedia inhaling)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • inhalation
  • * 2001 , Frederick Alan Casemore, Skylarks: For Myself, Lest I Forget, Or Die Unsung (page 171)
    • Smoking was difficult, I had to have perfect timing, sticking my head as far out the tiny porthole as I could, and timing my puffs to the inhalings and exhalings of the ship.

    swallowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who swallows.
  • * 1865 , The Hahnemannian Monthly (volume 1, page 354)
    • Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings .