Haunting vs. Hunting

Haunting vs. Hunting — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Haunting and Hunting

Hauntingadjective

Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.

He had a haunting gaze.

Huntingnoun

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

Hauntingnoun

A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.

During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.

Huntingnoun

Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

Hauntingadjective

continually recurring to the mind;

haunting memoriesthe cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty

Huntingnoun

(engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

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Hauntingadjective

having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect;

from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration

Huntingnoun

(telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

Huntingnoun

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Huntingnoun

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Huntingnoun

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts