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Skipping vs Slipping - What's the difference?

skipping | slipping |

As verbs the difference between skipping and slipping

is that skipping is present participle of lang=en while slipping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between skipping and slipping

is that skipping is the act by which something is skipped or omitted while slipping is the act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.

skipping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
  • * 2008 , Manfred Schroeder, Number Theory in Science and Communication (page 143)
    • Suppose we permit irregular skippings and connect, for example, 1 with 3 with 6 with 2 with 4 – but now we cannot skip any more because the only missing point is the adjacent point 5.

    slipping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

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