different between barking vs carking

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??
• Hyphenation: bark?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark +? -ing.

Verb

barking

1. present participle of bark

Derived terms

• barking dogs seldom bite

Adjective

barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)

1. Who or that barks or bark.

2. (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

   Synonyms: three stops short of Dagenham; see also Thesaurus:insane

Etymology 2

From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark +? -ing.

Noun

barking (plural barkings)

1. The action of the verb to bark.
   • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time

     Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

Translations

Anagrams

• braking

English

Verb

carking

1. present participle of cark

Adjective

carking (comparative more carking, superlative most carking)

1. (obsolete) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 98:

     After mutual protestations of friendship and regard, he […] took his leave in a strange perplexity of mind, occasioned by the images of love, intruding upon the remonstrances of carking care.

Anagrams

• arcking, craking, racking