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Poking vs Touching - What's the difference?

poking | touching |

As verbs the difference between poking and touching

is that poking is present participle of lang=en while touching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between poking and touching

is that poking is the act by which something is poked while touching is the act by which something is touched.

As an adjective touching is

provoking sadness and pity.

poking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is poked.
  • *
  • perfunctory proddings and pokings

    touching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Provoking sadness and pity.
  • a touching story

    Synonyms

    * emotional, moving, sad

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is touched.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
  • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings , and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

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