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Narrowing vs Squeezing - What's the difference?

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Narrowing is a related term of squeezing.


As verbs the difference between narrowing and squeezing

is that narrowing is while squeezing is .

As nouns the difference between narrowing and squeezing

is that narrowing is the part of a stocking that is narrowed while squeezing is the act of pressing; compression.

narrowing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
  • * 1858 , Margaret Maria Gordon, Household economy (page 60)
    • It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings , should be, at the least'', equal to ''twice the width of the top...

    squeezing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pressing; compression.
  • * 2004 , Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
    • Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings , picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.