crawling vs creeping

crawling and creeping both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crawling	Yes	No	No	No
creeping	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crawling and creeping are synonyms defined as:

crawling and creeping: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

Other synonyms of crawling include crawl, creep.

crawling (noun)	creeping (noun)
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body	a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body