different between sailing vs soaring

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

English

Verb

soaring

1. present participle of soar

Noun

soaring (plural soarings)

1. The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

Adjective

soaring (comparative more soaring, superlative most soaring)

1. (sometimes figuratively) assurgent, ascending
   • Soaring fuel prices make U.S. energy policy one of the hottest issues of the presidential campaign [1].

Translations

Anagrams

• agrions, ignaros, signora