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Sapping vs Swapping - What's the difference?

sapping | swapping |

As verbs the difference between sapping and swapping

is that sapping is present participle of lang=en while swapping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sapping and swapping

is that sapping is the act by which something is sapped or depleted while swapping is the act by which something is swapped; an exchange.

sapping

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
  • * (Joseph Story)
  • [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.

    swapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is swapped; an exchange.