different between performing vs vaulting

English

Etymology

From perform +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??f??m??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f??m??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m??
• Hyphenation: per?form?ing

Verb

performing

1. present participle of perform

Noun

performing (plural performings)

1. A performance.
   • 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits (page 248)

     Yet the misfortune of his life, his vast attempts but most inadequate performings, failing to accomplish any one masterpiece, seems to mark the closing of an era.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• preforming

English

Noun

vaulting (countable and uncountable, plural vaultings)

1. The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
2. A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
   • 1928, Robert Byron, The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Spreading over the high vaultings and walls, the traditional scenes from the life of Christ are depicted on an immense scale.

3. The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.

Translations

Verb

vaulting

1. present participle of vault

Adjective

vaulting (comparative more vaulting, superlative most vaulting)

1. Leaning upward or over.
2. (figuratively) Exaggerated or overreaching.
3. performing

Derived terms

• fan vaulting
• vaulting horse
• equestrian vaulting