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Reaching vs Seeking - What's the difference?

reaching | seeking |

As verbs the difference between reaching and seeking

is that reaching is while seeking is .

As nouns the difference between reaching and seeking

is that reaching is (nautical) sailing on a reach, ie having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled while seeking is the act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.

As an adjective seeking is

(in combination) that seeks something specified.

reaching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * far-reaching

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.

    • Anagrams

    *

    seeking

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
  • * 1873 , Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (volume 9, page 269)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (in combination) that seeks something specified

    • Derived terms

    * heat-seeking * self-seeking

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.