different between looking vs starting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?k??/
• Hyphenation: look?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English lokinge, lokinde, lokande, lokende, from Old English l?ciende, present participle of Old English l?cian (“to look”), equivalent to look +? -ing.

Verb

looking

1. present participle of look
2. as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
   • 1988 September 12, New York Magazine, page 226

     Good-Looking, Funny Guy — (Not funny-looking, good guy), 36, Jewish, athletic.

   dorky-looking

Derived terms

• bad-looking
• fine-looking
• good-looking
• nice-looking
• well-looking

Related terms

• here's looking at you
• looking glass
• on the outside, looking in

Etymology 2

From Middle English lokinge, lokunge, from Old English *l?cung (attested in Old English þurhl?cung), equivalent to look +? -ing.

Noun

looking (plural lookings)

1. The act of one who looks; a glance.
   • 2005, Felix Driver, Luciana Martins, Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire (page 162)

     A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]

2. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.

   • Al drery was his chere and his lokyng.

Anagrams

• kilogon

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st??t??/, [?st??t.??], [?st?????]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??
• Hyphenation: start?ing

Verb

starting

1. present participle of start

Derived terms

Noun

starting (plural startings)

1. The act of something that starts.

   constant startings and stoppings

Anagrams

• rattings