different between sailing vs swimming

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

Pronunciation

Wikiversity

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) +? -ing (suffix forming gerunds).

Noun

swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)

1. The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
2. The act or process of something that swims.
   • 1869, William Chambers, ?Robert Chambers, Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts (page 2)

     Swimmings of the head and intestinal pains seemed the prelude of dissolution.

Related terms

• swimming bath
• swimming cap
• swimming pool
• synchronised swimming, synchronized swimming

Translations

Etymology 2

From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) +? -ing (suffix forming gerunds).

Noun

swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)

1. The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.

   the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking

Translations

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

swimming

1. present participle of swim