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Whaling vs Nonwhaling - What's the difference?

whaling | nonwhaling |

As a noun whaling

is the practice of hunting whales.

As a verb whaling

is present participle of whale.

As an adjective nonwhaling is

not whaling; that doesn't hunt whales.

whaling

Noun

  • The practice of hunting whales.
  • The practice of spotting whales.
  • (informal) A beating.
  • Synonyms

    * (spotting of whales) whale watching

    See also

    * mallemaroking

    Verb

    (head)
  • nonwhaling

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not whaling; that doesn't hunt whales.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 28, author=, title=A Non-Ban on Whaling, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The commission’s nonwhaling members, the United States included, should press for a complete ban. }}