different between coaching vs sparring

English

Verb

coaching

1. present participle of coach

Noun

coaching (countable and uncountable, plural coachings)

1. The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction.
   • 2009, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board

     While Promedica may indeed have been an unfair labor practice case, the salient issue involved whether coachings were disciplinary, and thus could be considered "discrimination" under Sec. 8(a)(3) of the Act.

2. (uncountable, historical) The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business.
3. (attributive) Relating to horse-drawn stagecoaches, also to railway carriages (or coaches).

Derived terms

• coaching inn
• (rail) coaching stock

Spanish

Etymology

From English coaching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kot??in/, [?ko.t???n]

Noun

coaching m (plural coachings)

1. coaching

English

Verb

sparring

1. present participle of spar

Noun

sparring (countable and uncountable, plural sparrings)

1. The act of one who spars.
   • 2010, Kenneth Tucker, Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays (page 48)

     Albeit he is under the influence of the magic juice, Lysander's words to Hermia — once he has switched his romantic allegiance to Helena — are bitter, cruel. At times Benedick and Beatrice's verbal sparrings drip with an acidity that smarts.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

sparring m (uncountable)

1. sparring