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Sipping vs Slipping - What's the difference?

sipping | slipping |

As verbs the difference between sipping and slipping

is that sipping is while slipping is .

As nouns the difference between sipping and slipping

is that sipping is the act of taking a sip while slipping is the act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.

sipping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of taking a sip.
  • * 1852 , Theophilus Thompson, Annals of Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever in Great Britain from 1510 to 1837 (page 107)
    • But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.

    slipping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
    • slippings and slidings