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Screaming vs Streaming - What's the difference?

screaming | streaming |

As verbs the difference between screaming and streaming

is that screaming is present participle of lang=en while streaming is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between screaming and streaming

is that screaming is loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear while streaming is that streams.

As a noun streaming is

movement as a stream.

screaming

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
  • Obvious; distinct.
  • (LGBT, slang) Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.
  • Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming !

    Synonyms

    * screeching * shrieking

    Derived terms

    * no screaming hell * screamingest * screamingly

    streaming

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that streams
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • movement as a stream
  • (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
  • (UK, education) Division of classes into academic streams.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}

    Derived terms

    * streaming data * streaming encoder * streaming media * streaming movement * streaming radio * streaming server * streaming tape * streaming video * streaming XML

    See also

    * live stream * stream

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