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Running vs Activity - What's the difference?

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Running is a related term of activity.


As nouns the difference between running and activity

is that running is the action of the verb to run while activity is the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.

As an adjective running

is moving or advancing by running.

As an adverb running

is (informal) consecutively; in a row.

As a verb running

is .

running

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Moving or advancing by running.
  • # Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
  • successive; one following the other without break or intervention
    • to be away two days running
  • Flowing; easy; cursive.
    • running handwriting
  • Continuous; keeping along step by step.
    • a running explanation
  • * Milton
    • a running conquest
  • * Hare
    • What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
  • (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
    • a running vine
  • (medicine) Discharging pus.
    • a running sore

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) consecutively; in a row
    • Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running .

    Noun

    (wikipedia running) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to run .
    • His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
  • The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
    • Running is good exercise.
  • That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
    • the first running of a still
  • The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

    • Derived terms

    * in running order * in the running * out of the running * running costs * running dictation

    Verb

    (head)

    • Statistics

    *

    activity

    English

    (wikipedia activity)

    Noun

    (activities)
  • The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
  • Something done as an action or a movement.
  • Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities , ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • Use (of internet, playstation, bank account etc.).

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * rest * passivity

    Derived terms

    * radioactivity

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words