different between collision vs hitting

English

Etymology

From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

collision (countable and uncountable, plural collisions)

1. An instance of colliding.
   • 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2

     At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.

2. (physics) Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary.
3. (software compilation) Clipping of naming collision.

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

• allision

Derived terms

Related terms

• collide

Translations

Further reading

• collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• collision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin coll?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.li.zj??/

Noun

collision f (plural collisions)

1. collision (an instance of colliding)

Derived terms

• collision frontale

Further reading

• “collision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?t??/

Noun

hitting (plural hittings)

1. A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.

   Their conflict ended in hitting.

2. The skill of hitting.

   The batter's hitting improved with practice.

Verb

hitting

1. present participle of hit

Anagrams

• tithing