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Tailing vs Stalking - What's the difference?

tailing | stalking |

As verbs the difference between tailing and stalking

is that tailing is present participle of lang=en while stalking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between tailing and stalking

is that tailing is the act of following someone while stalking is hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.

tailing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of following someone.
  • (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
    • (Gwilt)
  • (obsolete) sexual intercourse
    • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
    • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * tailings

    stalking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia stalking) (en noun)
  • Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush
  • The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury
  • The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking