different between listing vs listening

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?st??/
• Rhymes: -?st??

Adjective

listing (not comparable)

1. As listed or shown on a listing.

   What is this house's listing price?

Verb

listing

1. present participle of list

   The ship is listing heavily to one side.

Noun

listing (plural listings)

1. The action of the verb to list.
2. An entry in a list or directory.

   Aardvaark Plumbing is the first listing in Yellow Pages.

   1. An entry on a register of securities accepted for trading and quotation on a securities exchange or similar system.

      The company may even lose its listing on the stock exchange.

3. (computing) A printout of a program or data set.

   Print me a listing of the latest version.

4. A physical manifestation of a single item in a list.

   Please pass me the second listing for the two-story house, from that stack.

5. The act of ploughing with a lister.

References

• listing at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• silting, sliting, stiling, tilings

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?s.n??/, /?l?s.?n.??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen +? -ing.

Adjective

listening (not comparable)

1. Of something or someone that listens.

   Any listening person can tell she's lying.

2. Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.

   He could hear better when he used his listening device.

3. Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.

   • The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.

Translations

Verb

listening

1. present participle of listen

Derived terms

• listening post
• listening station

Etymology 2

From Middle English listnynge, lustnynge, lystenynge, equivalent to listen +? -ing.

Noun

listening (plural listenings)

1. Action of the verb listening
2. An educational exercise involving listening

3. Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.

Translations

Anagrams

• enlisting, tinseling