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Stepping vs Touching - What's the difference?

stepping | touching |

As verbs the difference between stepping and touching

is that stepping is present participle of lang=en while touching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between stepping and touching

is that stepping is the act of taking a step while touching is the act by which something is touched.

As an adjective touching is

provoking sadness and pity.

stepping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of taking a step.
  • * 2005 , Miriandra Rota, Pathways and Parables for a Changing World (page 263)
    • In the steppings of my feet, you are always my mother.

    Derived terms

    * stepping motor * stepping stone * stepping switch

    touching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Provoking sadness and pity.
    • a touching story

    Synonyms

    * emotional, moving, sad

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is touched.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
    • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings , and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

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