Difference between Shunning and Dodging

What is the difference between Shunning and Dodging?

Shunning as a verb is to avoid, especially persistently. while Dodging as a verb is to avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

Shunning

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To avoid, especially persistently.

Dodging

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

Example sentence: If you were to stand on an asteroid in the main belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system, you might be able to see one or two asteroids in the sky, but they would be very far away and very, very small. So you wouldn't have this 'dodging through tons of rocks' business you get in the movies.

We hope you now know whether to use Shunning or Dodging in your sentence.

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