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Rides vs Riding - What's the difference?

rides | riding |

As verbs the difference between rides and riding

is that rides is third-person singular of ride while riding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between rides and riding

is that rides is plural of lang=en while riding is a path cut through woodland.

rides

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ride)
  • Noun

    (head)
  • There are many rides at the amusement park.

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    riding

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • A path cut through woodland.
  • The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
  • * 1853 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe (volume 1, page 95)
  • I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings , and shootings, and boatings.
  • (obsolete) A festival procession.
  • (Chaucer)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) * (wikipedia riding)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Historically]], one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern [[county, counties of England.
  • (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
  • Derived terms

    * (Canada) riding association

    See also

    * wapentake

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