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Recoiling vs Springy - What's the difference?

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Recoiling is a related term of springy.


As a verb recoiling

is .

As a noun recoiling

is the act of something that recoils.

As an adjective springy is

that returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.

recoiling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that recoils.
  • * South
  • These inward rejolts and recoilings of the mind.

    springy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
  • The soft peat was springy under her feet.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , We had now reach'd the closest point of union; but when he backened to come on the fiercer, as if I had been actuated by a fear of losing him, in the height of my fury I twisted my legs round his naked loins, the flesh of which, so firm, so springy to the touch, quiver'd again under the pressure}}

    Synonyms

    * bouncy * elastic * resilient

    Antonyms

    * unspringy

    Derived terms

    * springily * springiness * unspringy

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