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Walking vs Skimmer - What's the difference?

walking | skimmer |

As nouns the difference between walking and skimmer

is that walking is while skimmer is a device that skims.

As a verb walking

is .

As an adjective walking

is as a human; living.

walking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
    • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
    • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony

    skimmer

    English

    (wikipedia skimmer) (Rynchops)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that skims.
  • A person who skims.
  • Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
  • Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clams and large scallops.
  • A ballet flat shoe.

    • Derived terms

    * black skimmer, Rynchops niger * African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris * Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis