Ridding vs. Riding — What's the Difference?

Ridding is a surname, and may refer to:

The act of riding.

To cause (someone) to be free from something; relieve or disencumber

Horseback riding.

Present participle of rid

An administrative division or electoral division in Canada.

Any one of three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire, England.

The act or an instance of riding, as in a vehicle or on an animal.

A path made for riding on horseback, especially through woodlands.

A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.

A means of transportation

To be carried or conveyed, as in a vehicle or on horseback.

(Sports) To participate in a board sport such as snowboarding.

To travel over a surface

To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water

(Nautical) To lie at anchor

To seem to float

To be sustained or supported on a pivot, axle, or other point.

To be contingent; depend

To continue without interference

To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body

To sit on and control the movement of

(Sports) To glide or move while standing on or having one's feet attached to (a board, such as a snowboard).

To travel over, along, or through

To be supported or carried on

To take part in or do by riding

To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried

(Sports) To control (an opponent) in wrestling, usually by holding the opponent down.

(Nautical) To keep (a vessel) at anchor.

To tease or ridicule.

To harass with persistent carping and criticism.

To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

Present participle of ride

A path cut through woodland.

The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.

The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation.

(obsolete) A festival procession.

(historical) Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.

(Canada) Electoral district or constituency.

One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; - formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding.

The act or state of one who rides.

A festival procession.

A district in charge of an excise officer.

Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk.

Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.

Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.

Riding a horse as a sport

Riding a horse as a means of transportation

Traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.;