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Pulling vs Tugging - What's the difference?

pulling | tugging |

As verbs the difference between pulling and tugging

is that pulling is present participle of lang=en while tugging is present participle of tug.

As nouns the difference between pulling and tugging

is that pulling is the act by which something is pulled while tugging is the action of something that tugs; a pull.

pulling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is pulled.

    • tugging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of something that tugs; a pull.
  • * 1951 , Raymond F. Jones, Renaissance
    • Yet there began to be insistent tuggings as if from a dream that could not be recalled.