different between floating vs gliding

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?flo?t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl??t??/
• Rhymes: -??t??

Adjective

floating (not comparable)

1. That floats or float.

   floating buoys

2. Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.

   The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.

   In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.

   You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.

3. (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

floating

1. present participle of float

Noun

floating (plural floatings)

1. The motion of something that floats.
2. (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
   • 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)

     Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.

3. The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.

Anagrams

• antigolf

English

Etymology

From glide +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??d??/
• Rhymes: -a?d??

Noun

gliding (countable and uncountable, plural glidings)

1. The action or motion of something that glides.
2. The hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.

Translations

Verb

gliding

1. present participle of glide

Derived terms

• glidingness
• gliding plane

Adjective

gliding (not comparable)

1. That moves or changes with a glide.
2. (employment) Employing flexitime.

   gliding shifts; gliding hours; gliding time

Anagrams

• gilding