different between assailing vs aggression

English

Verb

assailing

1. present participle of assail

Anagrams

• aliasings

Middle English

Alternative forms

• a-saylynge, assailinge, asaylyng, assaylyng, assaylinge, assailyng, asayling, saylyng, sailyng, saylyng, sayllyng, seylinge, sayllyng

Etymology

From assailen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?s?i?lin?/, /?s?i?lin?/

Noun

assailing (plural assailynges)

1. A charge or siege laid by an army.
2. The tempting, assault or luring of malign forces.
3. (rare) Insults, harsh words, verbal assault.
4. (rare) Assailing, striking; entering into combat.

References

• “assail(l)ing, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
• “sailing(e, ger.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

English

Etymology

From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???????n/

Noun

aggression (countable and uncountable, plural aggressions)

1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

Antonyms

• nonaggression

Derived terms

• war of aggression
• microaggression

Related terms

• aggress
• aggressive
• aggressiveness
• aggressor

Translations

Further reading

• aggression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• aggression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aggression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

aggression c (singular definite aggressionen, plural indefinite aggressioner)

1. aggression

Declension

Further reading

• “aggression” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

aggression

1. genitive singular of aggressio