Difference between Itch and Itching

What is the difference between Itch and Itching?

Itch as a verb is to feel the need to scratch. while Itching as a verb is to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.

Itch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch. A desire or want.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feel the need to scratch. To want or desire. To cause to feel an itch. To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

Example sentence: The stimulation I get from my phone does not feel like the opposite of boredom to me. It actually feels like a different flavor of boredom... a twitchier flavor. And sometimes, it's almost more irritation than stimulation. It's an itch.

Itching

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.

Example sentence: I miss being on the road. I miss being in front of the fans of the WWE Universe. I miss being on RAW every Monday. I'm just really, really itching to get back.

We hope you now know whether to use Itch or Itching in your sentence.

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