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Sinking vs Drowning - What's the difference?

sinking | drowning |

As verbs the difference between sinking and drowning

is that sinking is present participle of lang=en while drowning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sinking and drowning

is that sinking is the act or process of sinking while drowning is an instance of a person or animal drowning.

sinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * like rats from a sinking ship

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of sinking.
    • I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
  • * 1857 , Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
    • We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district

    drowning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia drowning) (en noun)
  • An instance of a person or animal drowning.
    • It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year.

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