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Tripping vs Actuating - What's the difference?

tripping | actuating |

As verbs the difference between tripping and actuating

is that tripping is while actuating is .

As an adjective tripping

is quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.

As a noun tripping

is the act of one who trips.

tripping

English

Verb

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    • 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

    actuating

    English

    Verb

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