Slipping vs Falling - What's the difference?
slipping | falling |
The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
That falls or fall.
The action of the verb to fall .
* (Jeremy Taylor)
As verbs the difference between slipping and falling
is that slipping is while falling is .As nouns the difference between slipping and falling
is that slipping is the act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion while falling is the action of the verb to fall .As an adjective falling is
that falls or fall.slipping
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- slippings and slidings
falling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- falling leaves
- falling prices
Derived terms
* deviation of a falling body * downfalling * everfalling * falling action * falling band, falling-band * falling collar * falling diphthong * falling-disease * falling-door * falling dunes * falling-evil * falling factorial * falling film evaporator * falling front or back * falling-gate * falling-hinge * falling houses * falling-ill * falling-in * falling knife * falling leaf * falling limb * falling-mold, falling-mould * falling palate * falling rhythm * falling-rising * falling ruff * falling scream * falling sequential product * falling sickness, falling-sickness * falling-sluice * falling sphere * falling star, falling-star * falling stone * falling tide * falling tone * falling weather, falling-weather * falling weight deflectometer * in-falling, infalling * rising-falling * tear-falling * wall-fallingNoun
(en-noun)- Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.