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Straining vs Sifting - What's the difference?

straining | sifting |

As verbs the difference between straining and sifting

is that straining is while sifting is .

As nouns the difference between straining and sifting

is that straining is the act by which one strains while sifting is the act by which something is sifted.

straining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which one strains.
    • Sundry violent gaspings and strainings . — Herman Melville.

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    sifting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is sifted.

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