different between dealing vs dearling

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

Equivalent to dear +? -ling. More at darling.

Noun

dearling (plural dearlings)

1. Alternative form of darling
   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18:

     'Twas not satiety bade me leave the dearling of my soul, / But that she sinned a mortal sin which clips me in its clip.

Anagrams

• Aldinger, Reginald, danglier, dragline, inlarged, relading