Difference between Heave and Heaving

What is the difference between Heave and Heaving?

Heave as a noun is an effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. while Heaving as a noun is an occasion on which something heaves or is heaved

Heave

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare with pitch.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). To displace (a vein, stratum). To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions. To rise and fall. To utter with effort. To throw, cast. To pull up with a rope or cable. To make an effort to vomit; to retch.

Heaving

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: crowded with people

We hope you now know whether to use Heave or Heaving in your sentence.

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