Swing vs. Seam — What's the Difference?

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis

A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.

Move by grasping a support from below and leaping

A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.

Move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line

A suture.

Shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another

A scar.

Play music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm

A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.

(of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.

A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.

Engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.

To put together with or as if with a seam.

A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.

To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.

An act of swinging

To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.

A discernible change in opinion, especially the amount by which votes or points scored change from one side to another

(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

A style of jazz or dance music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.

A suture.

A swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.

(geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.

(in musical theatre) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.

(cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.

To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.

A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.

To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm

A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

To move laterally or in a curve

(figurative) A line of junction; a joint.

To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.

(historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.

To move along with an easy, swaying gait

(historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.

To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support

Grease; tallow; lard.

To ride on a swing.

To put together with a seam.

To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.

To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

(Slang) To be put to death by hanging.

To mark with a seam or line; to scar.

To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.

To crack open along a seam.

To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

(cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.

To be lively, trendy, and exciting.

(cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

To engage in promiscuous sex.

Grease; tallow; lard.

To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.

The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

To have a sexual orientation

Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.

To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.

A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

To cause to move in a broad arc or curve

A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

To cause to move with a sweeping motion

A denomination of weight or measure.

To lift and convey with a sweeping motion

To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

To suspend so as to sway or turn freely

To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

To suspend on hinges

To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

To cause to turn on hinges

To become ridgy; to crack open.

To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.

Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces

To manage or arrange successfully

A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;

To bring around to the desired result

A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit;

(Music) To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

Put together with a seam;

The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.

The sweep or scope of something that swings

A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.

The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.

A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another

Freedom of action

A swaying, graceful motion

A sweep back and forth

A course or tour that returns to the starting point

A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.

The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities

A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.

A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.

A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.

A ballroom dance performed to this music.

A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.

(Music) Relating to or performing swing

Determining an outcome; decisive

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

(intransitive) To dance.

(intransitive) To ride on a swing.

(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.

To move sideways in its trajectory.

To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.

(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

To move one's arm in a punching motion.

(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

The manner in which something is swung.

The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

A dance style.

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

The amount of change towards or away from something.

(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.

Influence or power of anything put in motion.

(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

To be hanged.

To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; - said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity;

Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

A sweeping blow or stroke;

Changing location by moving back and forth

A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

A jaunty rhythm in music

The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;

A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;

Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn;

Influence decisively;

Make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Hang freely;

Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement;

Alternate dramatically between high and low values;

Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style;

Have a certain musical rhythm;

Be a social swinger; socialize a lot

Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends;