different between breathing vs bleeding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?ð??/

Verb

breathing

1. present participle of breathe

Noun

breathing (countable and uncountable, plural breathings)

1. The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
2. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
3. (archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church?

     CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.

     LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind.

     DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us.

4. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.

   the breathings of the Holy Spirit

5. Aspiration; secret prayer.
   • May 24, 1683, John Tillotson, sermon preached at the funeral of Reverend Benjamin Whichcot

     earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bli?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??
• Hyphenation: bleed?ing

Verb

bleeding

1. present participle of bleed

Adjective

bleeding (not comparable)

1. Losing blood
2. (Britain, slang, intensifier) extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).
   • "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — [1]

   • "You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen."

Translations

Derived terms

• bleeding edge
• bleeding heart

Adverb

bleeding (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang) used as an intensifier: Extremely.

Noun

bleeding (countable and uncountable, plural bleedings)

1. The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
2. (medicine, historical) Bloodletting.

Translations

Related terms

• bleeder
• bleedingly
• blood
• bloody