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12 Jun 2016
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What is the difference between skip and skim ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between skip and skim ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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@Oblivion: skip = 1) to move along litely Stepping from.one foot to another with a hop or bounce. 2) To pass over something and disregarding or omitting what it intervenes.
Ex: He had to skip school to have fun.
Skim - 1) remove a substance from the surface of a liquid.
2) the act of reading something quickly of superficially.
Ex: I will skim through my notes to find the answer.
Skim
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Are you fast forwarding through to movie? (skimming)
or
Are you just selecting to start the movie in the middle? (skipping the beginning)
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