singing vs humming

humming vs singing

singing and humming both are nouns.

singing is an adjective but humming is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
singing	Yes	Yes	No	No
humming	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humming is a hyponym of singing; that is, humming is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than singing:

singing: the act of singing vocal music
humming: the act of singing with closed lips

Other hyponyms of singing include a capella singing, a cappella singing, bel canto, coloratura, caroling, crooning, crooning, scat, scat singing, harmonisation, harmonization, chanting, intonation, intonation, karaoke, part-singing, hymnody, psalmody, singalong, singsong, solfege, solfeggio, solfege, solfeggio, solmization, yodeling.

singing (noun)	humming (noun)
the act of singing vocal music	the act of singing with closed lips
disclosing information or giving evidence about another	a humming noise

singing (adjective)	humming (adjective)
smooth and flowing

Difference between singing and humming

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