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Swooning vs Spooning - What's the difference?

swooning | spooning |

As verbs the difference between swooning and spooning

is that swooning is present participle of lang=en while spooning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between swooning and spooning

is that swooning is a swoon or faint while spooning is the act of picking something up with a spoon.

swooning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * swooningly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A swoon or faint.
  • *
    • People of weak nerves or delicate constitutions are liable to swoonings or fainting fits.

    spooning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of picking something up with a spoon.
  • * 1995 , Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die (page 246)
    • Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.

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