different between cloudling vs clouding

English

From cloud +? -ling.

cloudling (plural cloudlings)

A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
- 1894, George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray, John St. Loe Strachey, The Cornhill magazine:
  And yet at first it seemed hard to believe that so innocent a cloudling could be the progenitor of mist dense enough to blot out even a section of the enormous landscape.

clouding

clouding (plural cloudings)

A cloudy appearance.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
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