Running vs. Jogging — What's the Difference?

Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions).

Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods of time.

The act or an instance of running.

To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar

The power or ability to run.

To give a push or shake to; nudge

(Sports) The exercise or sport of someone who runs.

To rouse or stimulate as if by nudging

Ongoing over a period of time

To cause (a horse) to move at a leisurely pace.

Set in continuous or unbroken lines

To move with a jolting rhythm

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To move in a steady, slow trot

In a consecutive way

To run at a steady, moderate pace

Present participle of run.

(Sports) To run in such a way for sport or exercise

Moving or advancing at a run.

To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace

Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

To proceed in a leisurely manner

Present, current.

To turn sharply; veer

Flowing; easy; cursive.

A slight push or shake; a nudge.

Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.

A jogging movement or rhythm.

Having a continuous design or pattern.

A slow steady trot.

Consecutive much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below.

A steady, moderate running pace

(botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

A session of running at such a pace, as for exercise

(medicine) Discharging pus.

A protruding or receding part in a surface or line.

Discharging snot or mucus.

An abrupt change in direction

(informal) Consecutively; in a row.

The action of the verb to jog.

The action of the verb to run.

The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise.

The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.

Present participle of jog

That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise

(colloquial) The act of running errands.

(colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly. en

Moving or advancing by running.

Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; - said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.

Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.

Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.

The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

(American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball;

The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace;

The state of being in operation;

The act of administering or being in charge of something;

The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

Moving quickly on foot;

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream;

Continually repeated over a period of time;

Of advancing the ball by running;

Executed or initiated by running;

Measured lengthwise;

(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;