Running vs Tacking - What's the difference?
running | tacking |
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
Flowing; easy; cursive.
Continuous; keeping along step by step.
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* Hare
(botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
(medicine) Discharging pus.
(informal) consecutively; in a row
The action of the verb to run .
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
(nautical) the act of changing tack
(legal) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
As nouns the difference between running and tacking
is that running is the action of the verb to run while tacking is loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.As verbs the difference between running and tacking
is that running is while tacking is .As an adjective running
is moving or advancing by running.As an adverb running
is (informal) consecutively; in a row.running
English
Adjective
(-)- to be away two days running
- running handwriting
- a running explanation
- a running conquest
- What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
- a running vine
- a running sore
Adverb
(-)- Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running .
Noun
(wikipedia running) (en noun)- His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
- Running is good exercise.
- the first running of a still
Derived terms
* in running order * in the running * out of the running * running costs * running dictationVerb
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Noun
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