different between bonking vs banking

English

Pronunciation

Verb

bonking

1. present participle of bonk

Noun

bonking (plural bonkings)

1. (slang) A session of sexual intercourse.
   • 2002, New Scientist (volume 173, issues 2324-2331, page 32)

     Couples still have plenty of sex when conception is out of the question either because of the time of the woman's cycle, or because she is already pregnant or breastfeeding. But now the mystery of these fruitless bonkings might be solved.

English

Noun

banking (countable and uncountable, plural bankings)

1. The business of managing a bank.
2. The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
3. (aviation) A horizontal turn.
4. A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
   • 1825, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce

     The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are very easily banked; a pin fixed in the balance, coming in contact with one or two studs, is sufficient for that purpose. […]

5. (rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.

Synonyms

• bankerage (obsolete)

Derived terms

• banking house
• e-banking
• phone banking
• time banking

Translations

Verb

banking

1. present participle of bank