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Tumbling vs Acrobatics - What's the difference?

tumbling | acrobatics |

As nouns the difference between tumbling and acrobatics

is that tumbling is the act of something that tumbles while acrobatics is the art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

As a verb tumbling

is present participle of lang=en.

tumbling

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that tumbles.
  • * (James Howell)
  • These so many conquests must needs bring with them many tumblings and tossings, many disturbances and changes in government
  • * 1838 , Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist (page 176)
  • Having feasted our souls with this sublime spectacle, we ministered to the wants of the body by a plentiful breakfast, and about noon we commenced the descent, rendered ludicrous enough by various tumblings and sprawlings on the part of the more inexpert mountaineers.

    acrobatics

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia acrobatics) (-)
  • The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.
  • A spectacular display of agility.