different between punning vs running

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Verb

punning

1. present participle of pun

Noun

punning (plural punnings)

1. The action of the verb to pun.

Adjective

punning

1. That makes or uses a pun.

   The spoonerism "Burly Chassis" is a punning reference to Shirley Bassey's voluptuous figure.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Adjective

running (not comparable)

1. Moving or advancing at a run.
   1. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
2. Present, current.

3. Flowing; easy; cursive.

4. Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
   • 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers

     What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

5. Having a continuous design or pattern.

   running bond; running ornament

6. Consecutive.
7. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

8. (medicine) Discharging pus.

9. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.

Synonyms

• (nose): runny

Derived terms

• free-running
• long-running

Translations

Adverb

running (not comparable)

1. (informal) consecutively; in a row

Translations

Noun

running (countable and uncountable, plural runnings)

1. The action of the verb to run.

2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason

3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

Derived terms

• free running, freerunning

Translations

Verb

running

1. present participle of run

Preposition

running

1. (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly.

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

running m (uncountable)

1. running, jogging