Difference between Taunt and Taunting

Taunt

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery

Example sentence: Nixon's deep antipathy toward Jews is well known, and he took a strange satisfaction in having Kissinger in his inner circle, where he could periodically taunt him.

Taunting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: that taunts or provokes