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Swatting vs Hitting - What's the difference?

swatting | hitting |

As verbs the difference between swatting and hitting

is that swatting is present participle of lang=en while hitting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between swatting and hitting

is that swatting is a motion or gesture that swats; a swat while hitting is a series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.

swatting

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion or gesture that swats; a swat.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
  • This evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.
  • The action of making an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location.
  • hitting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
  • Their conflict ended in hitting .
  • The skill of hitting.
  • The batter's hitting improved with practice.

    Verb

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