different between driting vs driving

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dr??t?ng, IPA^(key): /?d?a?t??/

Verb

driting

1. present participle of drite

Anagrams

• dirting, triding

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dr??v?ng, IPA^(key): /?d?a?v??/
• Rhymes: -a?v??

Etymology 1

From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English dr?fende, from Proto-Germanic *dr?bandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *dr?ban? (“to drive”), equivalent to drive +? -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.

Verb

driving

1. present participle of drive

Adjective

driving (comparative more driving, superlative most driving)

1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
2. (of wind, rain, etc): That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

Derived terms

• driving force
• driving notes
• driving power
• driving rain
• driving spirit
• driving wind

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English driving, drivinge, equivalent to drive +? -ing. Compare Dutch drijving, German Treibung.

Noun

driving (countable and uncountable, plural drivings)

1. The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
   • 1825, Cobbett's Political Register (volume 54, page 789)

     […] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […]

2. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.

Derived terms

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