Pandiculation vs Stretching - What's the difference?
pandiculation | stretching |
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
The act by which something is stretched.
* 1859 , Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry
A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
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As nouns the difference between pandiculation and stretching
is that pandiculation is a stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning while stretching is the act by which something is stretched.As a verb stretching is
.pandiculation
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(en noun)stretching
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(wikipedia stretching) (en noun)- [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings , before they acquire the necessary pliancy.