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Reacting vs Reaching - What's the difference?

reacting | reaching |

As verbs the difference between reacting and reaching

is that reacting is present participle of lang=en while reaching is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun reaching is

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.

reacting

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Verb

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    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.

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