different between breathing vs sweating

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

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Etymology

From Middle English sweting, swetinge, equivalent to sweat +? -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

sweating (countable and uncountable, plural sweatings)

1. The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
   • 1870, Timothy Holmes, A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical (volume 1, page 288)

     In this early stage there is generally a tendency to constipation of the bowels, and in the intervals between the sweatings the urine remains clear, though not abundant. In the second degree, the emaciation is more noticeable.
2. (botany) Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
3. (cooking) The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.

Synonyms

• perspiration

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Verb

sweating

1. present participle of sweat

Adjective

sweating (comparative more sweating, superlative most sweating)

1. Giving off sweat.

   Synonyms: (dated) asweat, sudorific, sudoriferous, sweaty

Derived terms

• sweating industry
• sweating iron

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