Difference between Stalk and Stalking

What is the difference between Stalk and Stalking?

Stalk as a noun is the longish piece that supports the seed-carrying parts of a plant. while Stalking as a noun is hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush

Stalk

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The longish piece that supports the seed-carrying parts of a plant. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone. (of wild animals) A hunt.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer. To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment. To walk haughtily.

Stalking

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambushThe crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury

Example sentence: I do not hear any plan for sheltering Canadians from the next global financial crisis, which is coming for all of us as surely as arthritis is stalking the boomers.

We hope you now know whether to use Stalk or Stalking in your sentence.

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