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Stopping vs Stooping - What's the difference?

stopping | stooping |

As verbs the difference between stopping and stooping

is that stopping is present participle of lang=en while stooping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between stopping and stooping

is that stopping is the act of something that stops; a halt while stooping is the act of one who stoops.

As an adjective stooping is

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

stopping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that stops; a halt.
    • constant startings and stoppings
  • 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.
    • (Youatt)

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    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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