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Mounting vs Jumping - What's the difference?

mounting | jumping |

As adjectives the difference between mounting and jumping

is that mounting is that continues to mount; steadily accumulating while jumping is excellent, very fun.

As verbs the difference between mounting and jumping

is that mounting is present participle of lang=en while jumping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between mounting and jumping

is that mounting is something mounted; an attachment while jumping is the act of performing a jump.

mounting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.
    • mounting debts

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something mounted; an attachment.
  • The act of one who mounts.
  • * 1834 , John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales
    • The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.

    jumping

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) excellent, very fun
  • * 1998 ,
    • When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
    And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of performing a jump.
  • * 1871 , John Tyndall, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (page 291)
    • When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.

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