different between harming vs killing
harming
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)m??
Verb
harming
- present participle of harm
Anagrams
- Rahming, manghir
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killing
English
Etymology
From kill +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?l.??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Verb
killing
- present participle of kill
- This work is killing me.
Adjective
killing (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)
- That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
- Devastatingly attractive.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 5:
- He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace ...
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 5:
- That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
- Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
Translations
Noun
killing (countable and uncountable, plural killings)
- An instance of someone being killed.
- (informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.
- He made a killing on the stock market.
Derived terms
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (“cat”). Cognate with Swedish källing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kilen?/, [?k?ile?]
Noun
killing c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)
- kitten (young cat)
- leveret (young hare)
Inflection
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kiðlingr.
Noun
killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killinger, definite plural killingene)
- a goatling
Derived terms
- geitekilling
References
- “killing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kiðlingr.
Noun
killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killingar, definite plural killingane)
- a goatling
Derived terms
- geitekilling
References
- “killing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) +? -ling (diminutive suffix).
Noun
killing c
- a kid (young goat)
Declension
See also
- källing
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