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Stroked vs Stroking - What's the difference?

stroked | stroking |

As verbs the difference between stroked and stroking

is that stroked is (stroke) while stroking is .

As an adjective stroked

is (of a car engine) having a replacement crankshaft with a longer stroke than normal.

As a noun stroking is

the act by which something is stroked.

stroked

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a car engine) Having a replacement crankshaft with a longer stroke than normal

    • Antonyms

    * unstroked

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stroke)

    • stroking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is stroked.
  • * Milton
    • I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears.
  • (textiles) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
    • (Webster 1913)