different between pendulous vs swinging

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pend? (“to hang down”).

Adjective

pendulous (comparative more pendulous, superlative most pendulous)

1. hanging as if from a support
2. indecisive or hesitant
3. (biology) having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sw????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

swinging (countable and uncountable, plural swingings)

1. The act or motion of that which swings.
   • 1973, Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)

     Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism […]

2. An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

Translations

Verb

swinging

1. present participle of swing

Adjective

swinging (comparative more swinging, superlative most swinging)

1. (informal) Fine, good, successful.

2. Alternative form of swingeing

   • “It is an eating fever then,” says the landlady; “for he hath devoured two swinging buttered toasts this morning for breakfast.”

3. Sexually promiscuous.