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Skyrocketing vs Skyrocket - What's the difference?

skyrocketing | skyrocket |

As verbs the difference between skyrocketing and skyrocket

is that skyrocketing is present participle of skyrocket while skyrocket is to increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

As a noun skyrocket is

a type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.

skyrocketing

English

Verb

(head)

    • skyrocket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia skyrocket)
  • A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
  • (by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.
  • (rhyming slang) Pocket.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
    The shortage caused prices to skyrocket .

    Antonyms

    * plummet