different between challenging vs racy

English

Etymology

From Middle English chalengyng; equivalent to challenge +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æl?nd???/, /?t?æl?nd???/

Verb

challenging

1. present participle of challenge

Adjective

challenging (comparative more challenging, superlative most challenging)

1. Difficult, hard to do.

Antonyms

• unchallenging

Translations

Noun

challenging (plural challengings)

1. The act of making a challenge.
   • 1918, Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)

     There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

See also

• challenge

English

Etymology

race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?si/
• Rhymes: -e?si

Adjective

racy (comparative racier, superlative raciest)

1. Mildly risqué.

2. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.

   Synonyms: fresh, rich

3. (figuratively, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
4. (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
   • 2016, Elvira Albert, Ivan Lanese, Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

     We evaluate the automatic fence insertion procedure by running our tool on a number of different benchmarks containing racy code.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Cary, Cray, cary, cray

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.t?s?/

Noun

racy f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of raca