different between generalship vs dealing

English

Etymology

From general +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n(?)??l??p/

Noun

generalship (plural generalships)

1. The position or office of a general. [from 16th c.]
2. The term of office of a military general. [from 17th c.]

   George Washington's generalship was marked by both amazing victories and stunning blunders, neither of which would have happened to someone with more formal officer training.

3. The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy. [from 17th c.]
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 277:

     At the same time, awed by the brilliant and daring generalship which had enabled the Russian to capture their city with so small a force, the elders gave him the honorific title of ‘Lion of Tashkent’.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 136:

     Virtually the whole of the region fell to Saxe's ingenious generalship.

4. By extension, leadership, good management. [from 18th c.]

   Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.

English

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English d?lung; equivalent to deal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: deal?ing

Noun

dealing (plural dealings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[1]:

     Shylock:

     O father Abram, what these Christians are,

     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect

     The thoughts of others! […]

Derived terms

• double-dealing
• fair dealing
• inside dealing
• slavedealing
• wheeling and dealing

Verb

dealing

1. present participle of deal

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, diangle, lagenid, leading, leidang