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Jigging vs Digging - What's the difference?

jigging | digging |

As verbs the difference between jigging and digging

is that jigging is while digging is .

As nouns the difference between jigging and digging

is that jigging is the act of dancing a jig while digging is the action performed by a person or thing that digs.

jigging

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of dancing a jig.
  • * 1837 , Memoirs of Mirabeau'' (in ''The Westminster Review , volume 26, page 436)
    • There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings
  • (mining) The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.

    • digging

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
  • A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
  • (archaic, colloquial) region; locality

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