Stopping vs Pushing - What's the difference?
stopping | pushing |
The act of something that stops; a halt.
Material for filling a cavity.
(mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.
That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
Aggressively assertive; pushy.
*1890 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.XV:
*:Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
As verbs the difference between stopping and pushing
is that stopping is while pushing is .As nouns the difference between stopping and pushing
is that stopping is the act of something that stops; a halt while pushing is the act by which something is pushed.As an adjective pushing is
that pushes forward; pressing, driving.stopping
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- constant startings and stoppings
- (Youatt)