different between charming vs melting

English

Etymology

From Middle English charmyng; equivalent to charm +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???(?).m??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)m??

Adjective

charming (comparative charminger or more charming, superlative (nonstandard) charmest or charmingest or most charming)

1. Pleasant, charismatic.

   Synonyms: charismatic, smart, witty

   Antonyms: dull, charmless
2. Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.

   Antonyms: silly, charmless

Translations

Verb

charming

1. present participle of charm

Noun

charming (plural charmings)

1. The casting of a magical charm.
   • 1616, Thomas Middleton, The Witch

     They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings, / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

Anagrams

• marching

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?lt??/
• Rhymes: -?lt??

Verb

melting

1. present participle of melt

Adjective

melting (comparative more melting, superlative most melting)

1. Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
2. Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, I.i:

     What guards the purities of melting maids, / In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades [...]?

3. That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.

Translations

Noun

melting (plural meltings)

1. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
2. (figuratively) The act of softening or mitigating.

Translations

Icelandic

Etymology

From melta (“to digest”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?ti?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti?k

Noun

melting f (genitive singular meltingar, no plural)

1. digestion

Declension

Derived terms

• meltingarfæri