different between covering vs obduce

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?v????/

Etymology 1

Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) +? -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).

Verb

covering

1. present participle of cover

Etymology 2

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) +? -ing.

Noun

covering (countable and uncountable, plural coverings)

1. (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
2. (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.

Derived terms

• face covering
• head covering

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Latin obducere, obductum; ob (see ob-) + ducere (“to lead”).

Verb

obduce (third-person singular simple present obduces, present participle obducing, simple past and past participle obduced)

1. (obsolete) To draw over, as a covering.
   • 1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind.

     Animal exhibits its Face in the native colour of its Skin but Man; all others are covered with Feathers, or Hair, or a Cortex that is obduced over the Cutis as in Elephants and some sort of Indian Dogs.

Latin

Verb

obd?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of obd?c?