different between hurtling vs turtling

English

Verb

hurtling

1. present participle of hurtle

Noun

hurtling (plural hurtlings)

1. The act of something being hurtled or thrown.
   • 1873, Richard Miller Devens, The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes of the Rebellion

     He clasped his hands over the breast of the brave young Irish volunteer, who had come so willingly with him from the same State, who had stood so gallantly by his side in the deadly hurtlings of battle […]

   • c. 1920, Thomas Hardy, And There Was a Great Calm

     Thenceforth no flying fires inflamed the gray, / No hurtlings shook the dewdrop from the thorn, / No moan perplexed the mute bird on the spray; […]

Anagrams

• thurling

English

Etymology 1

turtle +? -ing

Noun

turtling (uncountable)

1. The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
2. (nautical) Turning turtle.
3. (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
4. (games (board, card, and computer)) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.

Verb

turtling

1. present participle of turtle

Etymology 2

From turtle +? -ling.

Noun

turtling (plural turtlings)

1. A baby turtle.
   • 1997, in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64,^[1] page 94:

     The turtle-lings, kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.

   • 2012, Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil:

     Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.

Anagrams

• ruttling