tap vs touching

touching vs tap

tap and touching both are nouns.

tap is not an adjective while touching is an adjective.

tap is a verb but touching is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tap	Yes	No	Yes	No
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, touching is a hypernym of tap; that is, touching is a word with a broader meaning than tap:

tap: a light touch or stroke
touching: the act of putting two things together with no space between them

Other hypernyms of tap include touch.

tap (noun)	touching (noun)
a light touch or stroke	the act of putting two things together with no space between them
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information	the event of something coming in contact with the body
a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
the sound made by a gentle blow
a gentle blow

tap (adjective)	touching (adjective)
	arousing affect

tap (verb)	touching (verb)
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
draw from; make good use of
strike lightly
cut a female screw thread with a tap
pierce in order to draw a liquid from
walk with a tapping sound
dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
draw (liquor) from a tap
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
make light, repeated taps on a surface
draw from or dip into to get something
furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

Difference between tap and touching

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