different between walking vs marching

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Hyphenation: walk?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkan? (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk +? -ing.

Verb

walking

1. present participle of walk

Adjective

walking (not comparable)

1. Incarnate as a human; living.

   Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.

   Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.

2. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
3. Characterized by or suitable for walking.

   a walking tour

   good walking shoes

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk +? -ing.

Noun

walking (countable and uncountable, plural walkings)

1. gerund of walk.
   • 1878, Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel

     Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.

Translations

See also

• shanks' mare
• shanks' pony

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: mär?ch?ng, IPA^(key): /?m??t????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t????/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t???
• Hyphenation: march?ing

Verb

marching

1. present participle of march

Noun

marching (plural marchings)

1. An action described by the verb "to march".

Adjective

marching (not comparable)

1. That marches.

2. Placed or situated in a line or lines, reminiscent or evocative of marching soldiers.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• charming