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Stabbing vs Jabbing - What's the difference?

stabbing | jabbing |

As nouns the difference between stabbing and jabbing

is that stabbing is an incident in which a person is stabbed while jabbing is a motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.

As verbs the difference between stabbing and jabbing

is that stabbing is while jabbing is .

As an adjective stabbing

is (of pain) sharp, intense.

stabbing

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of pain) sharp, intense
    • Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incident in which a person is stabbed.
    • A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
    The hospital receives many victims of stabbings .

    Verb

    (head)

    • jabbing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • This evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.