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Riding vs Traveling - What's the difference?

riding | traveling |

As verbs the difference between riding and traveling

is that riding is present participle of lang=en while traveling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between riding and traveling

is that riding is a path cut through woodland while traveling is a violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.

As an adjective traveling is

that travels (with one).

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

    Anagrams

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    traveling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * travelling (Commonwealth)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (basketball) A violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.
  • The action of the verb travel .

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • That travels (with one).
    • a travelling companion