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Patting vs Tickling - What's the difference?

patting | tickling |

As verbs the difference between patting and tickling

is that patting is while tickling is .

As nouns the difference between patting and tickling

is that patting is the act by which something is patted while tickling is a sensation that tickles.

As an adjective tickling is

that tickles.

patting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is patted.
  • * Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service
    • It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.

    tickling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That tickles
    • a tickling sensation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensation that tickles.
    • ticklings and muscular aches