different between felting vs pelting

English

Verb

felting

1. present participle of felt

Noun

felting (countable and uncountable, plural feltings)

1. The production of felt from wool.
2. The tangling of woolen fibres (such as when an article of clothing is washed at too high a temperature)
3. The hobby of making objects, such as soft toys, from felt.
4. Felt or similar material, usually impregnated with a water-resistant material, or the application of such material, usually to a roof.

Anagrams

• neftgil

English

Etymology 1

Verb

pelting

1. present participle of pelt

Noun

pelting (plural peltings)

1. The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
   • 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)

     […] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.

Etymology 2

Related to paltry.

Adjective

pelting (comparative more pelting, superlative most pelting)

1. (obsolete) mean; paltry
   • c. 1608/9, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 4 scene 5

     I pray you, let us see you in the field;
     We have had pelting wars since you refused
     The Grecians' cause.

Anagrams

• petling