different between enlargement vs swelling
enlargement
English
Etymology
enlarge +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?l??(?)d??m?nt/
Noun
enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)
- An act or instance of making something larger.
- (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
- (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
- Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
- 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
- Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.
- 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
Translations
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swelling
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sw?l.??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Noun
swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)
- The state of being swollen.
- Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
- (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.
Translations
Verb
swelling
- present participle of swell
See also
- edema
Anagrams
- Wellings, wellings
Middle English
Noun
swelling
- Alternative form of swellynge
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