different between laming vs gaming

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English laminge, equivalent to lame +? -ing.

Noun

laming (plural lamings)

1. The act or process of rendering lame
   • 1851, William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 18:

     One young driver had been the subject of seven lamings, and had thriven in spite of them all. Any boy who had escaped with but one or two slight injuries was considered as particularly favoured.

   • 2016, Bob Sorge, The Chastening of The Lord:

     In contrast, the laming of a body part doesn't incapacitate one's ability to make spiritual progress. Lameness places rigorous constraints on the soul and body, but the believer is still able to go deep in God and grow in Christlikeness.

Etymology 2

From lame +? -ing.

Verb

laming

1. present participle of lame

Anagrams

• Gilman, lingam, malign

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gaming

1. present participle of game

Noun

gaming (countable and uncountable, plural gamings)

1. The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance.
   • 1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

     […] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]
2. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

Derived terms

• gaming attendant
• gaming purse
• gaming the system
• pre-gaming

Anagrams

• gigman

Cebuano

Etymology

gamay +? -ing

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga?ming

Verb

gaming

1. to shrink in size or quantity

Adjective

gaming

1. small, little