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Rowing vs Skimming - What's the difference?

rowing | skimming |

As verbs the difference between rowing and skimming

is that rowing is while skimming is .

As nouns the difference between rowing and skimming

is that rowing is the action of the verb to row while skimming is something skimmed from a surface etc.

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

    skimming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something skimmed from a surface etc.
    • aluminium skimmings
    sorghum syrup skimmings
  • A motion or action that skims.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • I was forced, too, to wonder if my previous world-views had not been too pallid, too superficial, and altogether too 'rational' — mere skimmings or skatings on the surface of reality