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Running vs Rolling - What's the difference?

running | rolling |

As nouns the difference between running and rolling

is that running is the action of the verb to run while rolling is the act by which something is rolled.

As verbs the difference between running and rolling

is that running is while rolling is .

As an adjective running

is moving or advancing by running.

As an adverb running

is (informal) consecutively; in a row.

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

    *

    rolling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Staggered in time and space; used with blackout, brownout, introduction.

    • Synonyms

    * rowling

    Derived terms

    * rolling in dough, rolling in money * rolling introduction * rolling stock

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rolled.
  • * 2007 , Greg Patent, ?Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey
    • Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.