different between died vs dying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Homophone: dyed

Verb

died

1. simple past tense and past participle of die

Anagrams

• EDID, IDed

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

died m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Obsolete spelling of djed

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian d?d (“deed”), from Proto-West Germanic *d?di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di??t/

Noun

died c (plural dieden)

1. deed, action, act

Derived terms

• misdied

Further reading

• “died”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??/
• Homophone: dyeing

Etymology 1

die +? -ing

Adjective

dying (not comparable)

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

   The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!

   a dying fire

   The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

   In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

   His dying words were of his mother.

   until my dying day

   his dying bed

Antonyms

• nascent

Translations

Noun

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

Translations

Verb

dying

1. present participle of die

Etymology 2

dye +? -ing

Verb

dying

1. (nonstandard) present participle of dye

Anagrams

• dingy