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Shelling vs Shooting - What's the difference?

shelling | shooting |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between shelling and shooting

is that shelling is (uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed while shooting is (uncountable) the sport or activity of firing a gun.

As verbs the difference between shelling and shooting

is that shelling is while shooting is .

As nouns the difference between shelling and shooting

is that shelling is an artillery bombardment while shooting is (countable) an instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.

shelling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • An artillery bombardment
  • The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
  • (uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed
  • (topology)

    • shooting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * crap shooting * shooting script * shooting star

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (countable) An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
    • Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.
  • (uncountable) The sport or activity of firing a gun.
  • The act of one who, or that which, shoots.
    • the shooting''' of an archery club; the '''shooting of rays of light
  • A sensation of darting pain.
    • a shooting in one's head

    Derived terms

    * shooting brake * shooting gallery * shooting iron * shooting lodge * shooting preserve * shooting range * shooting stick * skeet shooting * sure as shooting * wing shooting

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