different between rowing vs sailing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o???/
• Rhymes: -????

Verb

rowing

1. present participle of row

Noun

rowing (countable and uncountable, plural rowings)

1. The action of the verb to row.
2. The action of propelling a boat with oars.
3. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
4. The act of having a row, or argument.
   • 1891, The Guernsey Magazine

     She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]

Synonyms

• sculling

Derived terms

• rowing boat (see also rowboat)
• rowing club
• rowing machine

Translations

Anagrams

• Ingrow, growin', ingrow

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?.l??/
• Rhymes: -e?l??

Etymology 1

Verb

sailing

1. present participle of sail

Etymology 2

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Adjective

sailing (not comparable)

1. Travelling by ship.

Derived terms

• sailing boat
• sailing ship
• sailing dinghy
• sailing vessel

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English sailyng, seyling; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Noun

sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

Derived terms

• clear sailing
• plain sailing

Translations

References

• “sailing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais