sidestroke

As nouns the difference between freestyle and sidestroke

is that freestyle is a swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke while sidestroke is a swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.

As a verb freestyle

is to improvise one's own style; to ad-lib .

As nouns the difference between butterfly and sidestroke

is that butterfly is a flying insect of the order lepidoptera , distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring while sidestroke is a swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.

As a verb butterfly

is to cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

As nouns the difference between breaststroke and sidestroke

is that breaststroke is a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's while sidestroke is a swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.

As a verb breaststroke

is to swim using this stroke.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and sidestroke

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while sidestroke is a swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.