walking vs marching
marching vs walkingwalking and marching both are nouns.
walking is an adjective but marching is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| walking | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| marching | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
marching is a hyponym of
walking; that is, marching is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
walking:
- walking: the act of traveling by foot
- marching: the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
Other hyponyms of walking include
ambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism, gait, march, plod, plodding, prowl, shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling, wading.
| walking (noun) | marching (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of traveling by foot | the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) |
| walking (adjective) | marching (adjective) |
|---|---|
| close enough to be walked to |
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