different between boxing vs punching

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?ks??/
• (General American) enPR: bäks??ng, IPA^(key): /?b??ks??/
• Rhymes: -?ks??
• Hyphenation: box?ing

Etymology 1

From box (“to punch”) +? -ing.

Verb

boxing

1. present participle of box

Noun

boxing (uncountable)

1. (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

Synonyms

• (sports): fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring

Hyponyms

• kickboxing
• shadowboxing

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• boxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• boxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From box +? -ing.

Noun

boxing (plural boxings)

1. Material used for making boxes or casing.
2. (construction) Casing.
3. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.

Antonyms

• (programming): unboxing

Hyponyms

• autoboxing

Translations

Verb

boxing

1. present participle of box

English

Etymology

From punch +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?nt????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?nt????/, [?p?n(t)???]
• Hyphenation: punch?ing

Verb

punching

1. present participle of punch

Noun

punching (countable and uncountable, plural punchings)

1. gerund of punch
   1. An incident in which someone is punched.
   2. The process of making holes in something (for example, a leather belt or a rail ticket).