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Patting vs Stroking - What's the difference?

patting | stroking |

As verbs the difference between patting and stroking

is that patting is while stroking is .

As nouns the difference between patting and stroking

is that patting is the act by which something is patted while stroking is the act by which something is stroked.

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.

    stroking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is stroked.
  • * Milton
    • I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears.
  • (textiles) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
    • (Webster 1913)