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Swimming vs Drowning - What's the difference?

swimming | drowning |

As verbs the difference between swimming and drowning

is that swimming is present participle of lang=en while drowning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between swimming and drowning

is that swimming is the action of the verb "to swim" while drowning is an instance of a person or animal drowning.

swimming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb "to swim".
    • the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking
  • The activity of moving oneself through water using one's arms and legs while buoyed up by the water, carried out by humans for amusement, exercise, sport or entertainment.

    • Related terms

    * swimming baths * swimming pool * synchronised swimming, synchronized swimming

    drowning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia drowning) (en noun)
  • An instance of a person or animal drowning.
    • It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year.

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