different between bracing vs biting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?s??/

Verb

bracing

1. present participle of brace

Adjective

bracing (comparative more bracing, superlative most bracing)

1. Invigorating or stimulating.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 13

     Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.

Translations

Noun

bracing (countable and uncountable, plural bracings)

1. (uncountable) That which braces.
2. (countable) A brace.
3. (US) A form of the military attention stance.

Anagrams

• Brignac

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?t??/
• Rhymes: -a?t??

Verb

biting

1. present participle of bite

Noun

biting (plural bitings)

1. An instance of something being bitten.

Derived terms

• nail biting, nailbiting

Translations

Adjective

biting (comparative more biting, superlative most biting)

1. Causing a stinging sensation.

   a biting wind

2. Cutting or incisive.

   a biting criticism

3. Tending to bite.

   a biting insect

Translations

Derived terms

• bitingly
• nail-biting, nailbiting

Danish

Etymology

From bi- (“by-”) +? ting (“thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biten?/, [?b?it?e??]
• Rhymes: -e??

Noun

biting c (singular definite bitingen, plural indefinite biting)

1. a matter of secondary importance

Usage notes

Almost always used in the indefinite form.

Inflection

Synonyms

• bagatel