Skimming vs Reading - What's the difference?
skimming | reading |
Something skimmed from a surface etc.
A motion or action that skims.
* Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
The process of interpreting written language.
The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
A value indicated by a measuring device.
A meeting where written material is read aloud.
An interpretation.
One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
As a verb skimming
is .As a noun skimming
is something skimmed from a surface etc.As a proper noun reading is
.skimming
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- aluminium skimmings
- sorghum syrup skimmings
- I was forced, too, to wonder if my previous world-views had not been too pallid, too superficial, and altogether too 'rational' — mere skimmings or skatings on the surface of reality
reading
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia reading)- a speedometer reading .
- a poetry reading .
- a reading of the current situation .
