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Sailing vs Soaring - What's the difference?

sailing | soaring |

As nouns the difference between sailing and soaring

is that sailing is motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise while soaring is the act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

As adjectives the difference between sailing and soaring

is that sailing is travelling by ship while soaring is assurgent, ascending.

As verbs the difference between sailing and soaring

is that sailing is while soaring is mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.

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

    *

    soaring

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • assurgent, ascending
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