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Wading vs Climbing - What's the difference?

wading | climbing |

As adjectives the difference between wading and climbing

is that wading is appropriate to wade in while climbing is that climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

As verbs the difference between wading and climbing

is that wading is present participle of lang=en while climbing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wading and climbing

is that wading is the act of one who wades while climbing is the sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

wading

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Appropriate to wade in.
  • The pool is too small for doing laps: it's only a wading pool.
  • Which wades.
  • Flamingos are wading birds.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who wades.
  • * (Charles Kingsley)
  • Anagrams

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    climbing

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia climbing) (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
  • (countable) Climb; ascent.
  • See also

    * bouldering

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.