different between glazing vs dazzling

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasyng; equivalent to glaze +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??le?z??/

Verb

glazing

1. present participle of glaze

Noun

glazing (countable and uncountable, plural glazings)

1. The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.
2. (architecture) All the windows of a building.
3. The art of covering with a vitreous substance.
4. (art) Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect.

Derived terms

• glazing bar

Translations

Middle English

Noun

glazing

1. Alternative form of glasyng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæz.l?.??/, /?dæz.l??/
• Hyphenation: dazz?ling

Verb

dazzling

1. present participle of dazzle

Adjective

dazzling (comparative more dazzling, superlative most dazzling)

1. Shining intensely.
   • , Episode 12, The Cyclops

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

2. Splendid; brilliant
3. Superlative; astounding

Translations

Noun

dazzling (plural dazzlings)

1. The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement
   • 1837, Minutes of the General Association of Massachusetts

     Our organization secures the greatest amount of good unbalanced by accomplished evil of any known system, a good which resembles the sober hue of massive gold, rather than the splendid dazzlings of a baser metal.