different between jointing vs pointing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???nt??/

Noun

jointing (plural jointings)

1. The act of making a joint.
2. The set of joints so produced.
3. (uncountable) The characteristic of having joints.
   • 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, Chapter 24,^[1]

     I have already made it clear, I think, that the Selenites I saw resembled man in maintaining the erect attitude, and in having four limbs, and I have compared the general appearance of their heads and the jointing of their limbs to that of insects.

4. The initial grinding of the teeth of a cutting tool, prior to sharpening.

Verb

jointing

1. present participle of joint

Anagrams

• gin joint

English

Etymology

point +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?p??nt??/
• Rhymes: -??nt??
• Hyphenation: point?ing

Noun

pointing (countable and uncountable, plural pointings)

1. The action of the verb to point.
2. (usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
4. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
5. (art) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.

Derived terms

• Earth-pointing
• Sun-pointing

Verb

pointing

1. present participle of point

References

• pointing at OneLook Dictionary Search
• pointing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• opting in, pitoning