different between dealing vs bookhood

English

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English d?lung; equivalent to deal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: deal?ing

Noun

dealing (plural dealings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[1]:

     Shylock:

     O father Abram, what these Christians are,

     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect

     The thoughts of others! […]

Derived terms

• double-dealing
• fair dealing
• inside dealing
• slavedealing
• wheeling and dealing

Verb

dealing

1. present participle of deal

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, diangle, lagenid, leading, leidang

English

Etymology

From book +? -hood.

Noun

bookhood (uncountable)

1. Knowledge of books; scholarship.
   • 1902, The Metallographist:

     In case of a book, however, mutilation can go much farther without destroying bookhood.

2. The state or dignity of a book.