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Initiating vs Launching - What's the difference?

initiating | launching |

As verbs the difference between initiating and launching

is that initiating is while launching is .

As a noun launching is

the act by which something is launched; a launch.

initiating

English

Verb

(head)

    • launching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is launched; a launch.
    • The launching of the Titanic.
  • * 2010 , Raymond Friedman, A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets (page 123)
    • By 1940 they had conducted 25 successful launchings of A5 rockets, which reached 10 miles altitude and had a range of 12 miles.

    Usage notes

    * Launch'' suggests an event at a point in time. ''Launching suggests a process over time.