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Sweaty vs Sweating - What's the difference?

sweaty | sweating |

As adjectives the difference between sweaty and sweating

is that sweaty is covered in sweat while sweating is of or relating to one who is.

As a noun sweating is

the production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.

As a verb sweating is

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sweaty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • covered in sweat
    • You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were -
  • having a tendency to sweat
  • likely to cause one to sweat
    • it was a hot and sweaty day

    sweating

    English

    (wikipedia sweating)

    Noun

  • the production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Her jet-black hair would be heavily braided, and her face chalky-white from its coating of powder (she suffered from constant sweatings and seborrhoea).

    Synonyms

    * perspiration

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to one who is