A verb form expressing present action, formed in English from the infinitive plus -ing, which can be used with auxiliary verbs as in He is baking a cake; as an adjective, the baking rack; or as a noun, as in, the act of baking.
A word formed from a verb which can be used as an adjective to provide a current or ongoing description, or as a noun – always derived by adding the letters ‘ing’ to the stem of a verb in English. Also known as the ‘gerund’.