different between loosing vs looking

loosing

English

Etymology 1

Verb

loosing

  1. present participle of loose

Etymology 2

Verb

loosing

  1. Misspelling of losing.

Anagrams

  • olingos, soloing, sooling

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looking

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

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