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Sledding vs Tobogganing - What's the difference?

sledding | tobogganing |

As verbs the difference between sledding and tobogganing

is that sledding is while tobogganing is .

As nouns the difference between sledding and tobogganing

is that sledding is the act of sliding downhill on a sled while tobogganing is the use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.

sledding

English

(wikipedia sledding)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sliding downhill on a sled.

    • Derived terms

    *hard sledding *rough sledding *tough sledding

    Related terms

    * sledder

    tobogganing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1902: Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
    • A cascade of small, indignant girls were tobogganing sidewise down the incline.
  • * 1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries
    • I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing , and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.
  • * 2006: Keith Dixon, Altered Life
    • I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family.

    Noun

    (-)
  • the use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.
  • * 1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography
    • As elsewhere in Canada, winter is the festive season, given up to sledging, skating, "tobogganning ," and other outdoor exhilarating amusements.
  • * 2004: Natalie M Rosinsky, The Algonquin
    • Today's Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing .
  • * 2006: Brenda Koller, The Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide
    • There are many winter activities if skiing or snowboarding aren't on your list — guided scenic motorcoach tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides, Johnston Canyon icewalks, ice-fishing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing , and more.