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Stooping vs Bowing - What's the difference?

stooping | bowing |

As verbs the difference between stooping and bowing

is that stooping is while bowing is (bend ).

As nouns the difference between stooping and bowing

is that stooping is the act of one who stoops while bowing is the act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.

As an adjective stooping

is bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.

stooping

English

Alternative forms

* stouping

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who stoops.
  • * 2011 , Don DeLillo, The Names
    • This place was returning to me a sense of my own motion through it, my stoopings into rooms, my pauses to judge the way.

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    bowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bend )

    • Noun

  • The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
    • The courtier had practiced his bowing .
  • A bending.
    • The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf.
  • A technique for bowing a musical instrument, such as a violin.