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Lifting vs Pulling - What's the difference?

lifting | pulling |

As nouns the difference between lifting and pulling

is that lifting is weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted while pulling is the act by which something is pulled.

As verbs the difference between lifting and pulling

is that lifting is while pulling is .

lifting

English

(wikipedia lifting)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
  • * 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xi
    • When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.
  • Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance; facelift.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    pulling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is pulled.