Difference between Itching and Itch

What is the difference between Itching and Itch?

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

Itching

Part of speech: verb

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

Example sentence: I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books.

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: My restlessness leaves my mind racing as I try to wind down at the end of mandatory recovery day. It keeps me tossing after poor performances. And if I played well, well... playing well makes me itch to play better; there is always room for improvement.

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

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