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Patting vs Caressing - What's the difference?

patting | caressing |

As verbs the difference between patting and caressing

is that patting is while caressing is .

As nouns the difference between patting and caressing

is that patting is the act by which something is patted while caressing is a caress.

patting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is patted.
  • * Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service
    • It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.

    caressing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • It was a quick drive to her apartment, and although we didn't actually verbalize that we wanted to have sex, we were caressing each other's thighs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A caress.