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Swelling vs Sagging - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between swelling and sagging

is that swelling is the state of being swollen while sagging is the act of something that sags.

As verbs the difference between swelling and sagging

is that swelling is present participle of lang=en while sagging is present participle of lang=en.

swelling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being swollen.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= a1420 , year_published= 1894 , author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056 , by= (Lanfranc of Milan) , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63 , original= , chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone , section= , isbn= 1163911380 , edition= , publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co , location= London , editor= Robert von Fleischhacker , volume= , page= 63 , passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge ; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. }}
  • Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

    • See also

    * edema

    Verb

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    • sagging

    English

    Noun

  • The act of something that sags.
  • * 1969 , Sugar Technologists' Association of India, Proceedings
    • It was noticed that there had been saggings and bulgings in the trays.
  • A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.

    • Verb

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