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Rowing vs Roving - What's the difference?

rowing | roving |

As verbs the difference between rowing and roving

is that rowing is present participle of lang=en while roving is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between rowing and roving

is that rowing is the action of the verb to row while roving is a long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.

As an adjective roving is

wandering freely.

rowing

English

Verb

(head)
    • (Sport rowing)

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to row .
  • The action of propelling a boat with oars.
  • The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
  • The act of having a row, or argument.
  • * 1891 , The Guernsey Magazine
    • She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees

    Synonyms

    * sculling

    roving

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • wandering freely.
  • :His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.
  • * 1989 , , Concrete: Visible Breath , Dark Horse Books
    • It could complicate things for our little household. Particularly when Larry’s roving eye is factored in.

    Synonyms

    * wandering

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.