As verbs the difference between tripping and tipping
is that
tripping is present participle of lang=en while
tipping is present participle of lang=en.
As nouns the difference between tripping and tipping
is that
tripping is the act of one who trips while
tipping is the practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
As an adjective tripping
is quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
tripping English
Verb
(head)
Adjective
( en adjective)
quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly
(heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- a buck tripping
Noun
( en noun)
The act of one who trips.
* 1821 , The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life
- At present we only produce some of those slips and trippings of the tongue and pen to which we are all liable in our unguarded moments
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tipping English
Noun
( en noun)
The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
The act by which something is tipped or inclined.
* 2013 , Peter Andersson, Streetlife in Late Victorian London: The Constable and the Crowd
- Hat-tippings and cap-doffings are of course of a different nature to more elaborate verbal greetings. In etiquette manuals they may be described as incentives to a conversation, but in practice they seem to have been quite ceremonial.
The dumping of rubbish.
(music) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
Verb
(head)
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