different between greeking vs greking

English

greek +? -ing.

greeking (uncountable)

(computing, typography) Nonsense text or graphics inserted into a document as a placeholder to create a dummy layout, or to demonstrate a type font; the practice of using such placeholder text or graphics. [from 20th c.]

greeking

Apparently derived from Old Norse grýja (“dawn”); but compare Dutch krieken.

greking (plural not attested)

(obsolete) The break (of day); dawn.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
  And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.

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