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Swinging vs Pensile - What's the difference?

swinging | pensile | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between swinging and pensile

is that swinging is fine, good, successful while pensile is hanging down, suspended.

As a noun swinging

is the act or motion of that which swings.

As a verb swinging

is present participle of lang=en.

swinging

English

(wikipedia swinging)

Noun

  • The act or motion of that which swings.
  • * 1973 , Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)
    • Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism
  • An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Fine, good, successful.
    • The party was swinging .

    pensile

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pensill (obsolete )

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hanging down, suspended.
  • * 1658': However the account of the '''Pensill or hanging gardens of ''Babylon'' [...] is of no slender antiquity — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 165)

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