different between decaying vs putrescent

decaying

English

Etymology

decay +? -ing

Verb

decaying

  1. present participle of decay

Noun

decaying (plural decayings)

  1. The process of undergoing decay.
    • 1839, William Jenkyn, James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude, page 274:
      Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.

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putrescent

English

Etymology

Attested since circa 1730, from Latin p?tr?sc?ns (rotting), present participle of p?tr?sc? (rot).

Adjective

putrescent (comparative more putrescent, superlative most putrescent)

  1. Becoming putrid; putrefying.

Latin

Verb

putr?scent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of putr?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French putrescent

Adjective

putrescent m or n (feminine singular putrescent?, masculine plural putrescen?i, feminine and neuter plural putrescente)

  1. putrescent

Declension

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