moving vs touching

[Winwin2011]

I read the following sentences from a book (Primary Longman Elect).

"I was moved because the ending of the film was touching. I used up a whole pack of tissues."

I wonder if it is possible to use moving instead of touching at the end of the first sentence above? Are there any differences?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes, you can, but you should change the first part of the sentence to avoid saying 'moved' and 'moving' in the same sentence.

For example 'I was in tears...'/ 'I was weeping buckets...'/'I couldn't stop crying...'

 

[emsr2d2]

To shorten the sentence while retaining the meaning, you could say "I was really moved/touched by the film's ending".

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/moving
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/touching_1

If the above definitions are correct, I think 'moving' is stronger than 'touching'.

 

[Winwin2011]

http://englishhelponline.me/2011/07/18/the-difference-between-words-moved-touched-and-impressed/

Recently one of my students asked me what the difference was between “moved”, “touched” and “impressed”. It seems there is a lot of confusion about these words especially in Japan, so that’s what I’m going to write about today.

We use the word “moved” to talk about something that affects us emotionally. Things that can move people are books, movies, songs, etc. For example:

I’m really moved by the new song by Mark Taylor. The lyrics are so beautiful.
I was really moved by the scene in that movie in which the boy finds his lost dog and hugs him.

We use the word “touched” to talk about a situation in which a person does something considerate for us without being asked to do it. For example:

I was really touched when Jerry brought me a cup of tea because I said I had a sore throat. That was really thoughtful of him.
Julia made me a sweater for my birthday and it took her over six months to make it! I was so touched when she gave it to me!

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Do you think the above explanations are correct?

 

[Raymott]

My heart was touched by the lyrics, and my spirit soared with the haunting music, but my bowels were moved by the scary video.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Your student's definition of touched/touching is too narrow. Both moving and touching are in the same arena, but, as Matthew wrote, moving is more powerful.

 

[MikeNewYork]

That's cute, Ray, but it is a little early in the thread for potentially confusing jokes.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Your student's definition of touched/touching is too narrow.

The OP has no students. The definition was written by a teacher who wrote the blog at http://englishhelponline.me/2011/07/18/the-difference-between-words-moved-touched-and-impressed/

That's cute, Ray, but it is a little early in the thread for potentially confusing jokes.

I, for one, was confused.