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touching vs striking

striking vs touching

touching and striking both are nouns.

touching and striking both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
touching Yes Yes No No
striking Yes Yes No No
As nouns, striking is a hyponym of touching; that is, striking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than touching:
  • touching: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
  • striking: the act of contacting one thing with another
As nouns, striking is a hypernym of touching; that is, striking is a word with a broader meaning than touching:
  • touching: the event of something coming in contact with the body
  • striking: the physical coming together of two or more things
Other hypernyms of touching include contact, impinging.
touching (noun) striking (noun)
the act of putting two things together with no space between them the act of contacting one thing with another
the event of something coming in contact with the body the physical coming together of two or more things
touching (adjective) striking (adjective)
arousing affect having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
Difference between touching and striking

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