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Rowing vs Sailing - What's the difference?

rowing | sailing |

As verbs the difference between rowing and sailing

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

As nouns the difference between rowing and sailing

is that rowing is the action of the verb to row while sailing is motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.

As an adjective sailing is

travelling by ship.

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

    sailing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
  • Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
  • The time of departure from a port

    • Derived terms

    * clear sailing * plain sailing * sailing ship * sailing dinghy * sailing vessel

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Travelling by ship

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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