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Skiing vs Jumping - What's the difference?

skiing | jumping |

As verbs the difference between skiing and jumping

is that skiing is (rare|nonstandard) while jumping is .

As an adjective jumping is

(colloquial) excellent, very fun.

As a noun jumping is

the act of performing a jump.

skiing

English

(wikipedia skiing)

Alternative forms

* (pedantic)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (sports) A group of sports utilizing skis as primary equipment.

    • Derived terms

    * alpine skiing * caterpillar skiing * cross-country skiing * downhill skiing * heli-skiing, heliskiing * Nordic skiing * water-skiing

    Anagrams

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    jumping

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) excellent, very fun
  • * 1998 ,
    • When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
    And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of performing a jump.
  • * 1871 , John Tyndall, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (page 291)
    • When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.

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