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Stroking vs Striking - What's the difference?

stroking | striking |

As verbs the difference between stroking and striking

is that stroking is present participle of lang=en while striking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between stroking and striking

is that stroking is the act by which something is stroked while striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck.

As an adjective striking is

making a strong impression.

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)

    striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
  • :
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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