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Walking vs Marching - What's the difference?

walking | marching |

As verbs the difference between walking and marching

is that walking is present participle of lang=en while marching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between walking and marching

is that walking is form of walk|lang=en while marching is an action described by the verb "to march".

As an adjective walking

is incarnate as a human; living.

walking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
    • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
    • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony

    marching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An action described by the verb "to march".
  • * {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Various, title=Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 61, November, 1862, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=A pianoforte is desirable, to lead the singing, and accompany the plays, gymnastics, frequent marchings , and dancing, when that is taught,--which it should be. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1917, author=War Department, title=Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=All steps and marchings executed from a halt, except right step, begin with the left foot. }}

    Derived terms

    * file marching * marching band * marching girl * marching malady * marching money * marching order * marching orders * marching-past * marching regiment * unmarching

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