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Sipping vs Slurping - What's the difference?

sipping | slurping |

As verbs the difference between sipping and slurping

is that sipping is present participle of lang=en while slurping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sipping and slurping

is that sipping is the act of taking a sip while slurping is a sound or motion that slurps.

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.

    slurping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sound or motion that slurps.
    • the splashings and slurpings of Wellington boots in the mud