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Wringing vs Squeezing - What's the difference?

wringing | squeezing |

As verbs the difference between wringing and squeezing

is that wringing is while squeezing is .

As nouns the difference between wringing and squeezing

is that wringing is the act by which something is wrung while squeezing is the act of pressing; compression.

wringing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wrung.

    • squeezing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pressing; compression.
  • * 2004 , Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
    • Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings , picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.