different between branding vs brandling

English

Noun

branding (countable and uncountable, plural brandings)

1. The process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal.
2. The promotion of a commercial brand of product in order to give it greater public awareness.

Verb

branding

1. present participle of brand

See also

• branding iron
• branding moment

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch branding.

Noun

branding (uncountable)

1. breakers, surf

Dutch

Etymology

From branden (“burn”) +? -ing, compare aestus, which means both fire and tide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?n.d??/
• Hyphenation: bran?ding

Noun

branding f (plural brandingen, diminutive brandinkje n)

1. breakers (foaming waves), surf

Descendants

• Afrikaans: branding
• ? German: Brandung

Spanish

Etymology

From English branding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?andin/, [?b?ãn?.d??n]

Noun

branding m (plural brandings)

1. (marketing) branding

English

Etymology

brand +? -ling

Noun

brandling (countable and uncountable, plural brandlings)

1. The young or parr of the salmon, so named from its markings being, as it were, branded.
2. A small, red worm used for bait in freshwater fishing.
   • 1939, George Orwell, Coming Up for Air, part 2, chapter 4

     And you also find another kind of worm called a brandling, which is striped and smells like an earwig, and which is very good bait for perch.

References

• Brandling in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.