different between glooming vs grooming

English

Etymology 1

Verb

glooming

1. present participle of gloom
   • 1932, D. H. Lawrence, The Lovely Lady

     Ciss was a big, dark-complexioned, pug-faced young woman who seemed to be glooming about something.

Etymology 2

Compare gloaming.

Noun

glooming (plural gloomings)

1. Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.
   • 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, To my God-Child, on the Day of his Baptism

     When the faint glooming in the sky / First lightened into day

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures

     the balmy glooming, crescent-lit

2. Gloomy behaviour; melancholy.

Synonyms

• (twilight): crepuscule, twilight, vespers; see also Thesaurus:twilight
• (gloomy behaviour): misery, sadness, sorrow, woe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???u?m??/
• Rhymes: -u?m??

Verb

grooming

1. present participle of groom

Noun

grooming (usually uncountable, plural groomings)

1. Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.

   • “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”

2. (biology) The practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc.
3. The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work.
4. Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
5. The act of gaining the trust of a minor with the intention of luring them into an abusive sexual relationship.
6. (software engineering) In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.

Synonyms

• (care for one's appearance):
• (act of teaching): coaching, mentoring
• (caring for horses): currying
• (attempting to gain the trust of a minor):

Coordinate terms

• (care for one's appearance): personal hygiene – more basic level of care

Derived terms

• allogrooming
• autogrooming

Translations

See also

• Child grooming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

grooming m (uncountable)

1. grooming