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Sparring vs Sparling - What's the difference?

sparring | sparling |

As nouns the difference between sparring and sparling

is that sparring is the act of sparring while sparling is the european smelt (osmerus eperlanus ).

As a verb sparring

is .

sparring

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of sparring.
    • We'll do some sparring to apply what we've discussed.

    Verb

    (head)

    • sparling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus ).
  • A young salmon.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) A tern.
    • (Webster 1913)