different between breathing vs digestion

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

Etymology

From Old French digestion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??d??st??n/, /d??d??st??n/
• Rhymes: -?st??n

Noun

digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)

1. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
2. The result of this process.
3. The ability to use this process.
4. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
5. The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
6. (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
7. (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Derived terms

• predigestion

Related terms

• digest
• digester
• digestible

Translations

Anagrams

• genistoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digestio, digestionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??s.tj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

digestion f (plural digestions)

1. digestion

Further reading

• “digestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• digestioun
• digestiun

Noun

digestion f (oblique plural digestions, nominative singular digestion, nominative plural digestions)

1. digestion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /did??es?tju?/

Noun

digestion f

1. digestion