different between gainsaying vs gainstaying

English

From Middle English gaynesayenge, ?einseiing, ?einsegging, equivalent to gainsay +? -ing.

gainsaying (plural gainsayings)

Opposition, especially in speech.
Refusal to accept or believe something.
Contradiction.
Denial; denying.
- 1887, The Rose of Paradise:
  But there was no gainsaying the wisdom of the advice which he had given me as to concealing the treasure.
(archaic or obsolete) Rebellious opposition; rebellion.
- 1611, King James Bible, Jude verse 11:
  Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

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