different between miming vs riming

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

miming

1. present participle of mime

Noun

miming (plural mimings)

1. A performance in mime.

Amis

Adjective

miming

1. little; tiny
2. few; not many

Asi

Noun

miming

1. kitten

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r??m?ng, IPA^(key): /????m??/
• (US) enPR: r??m?ng, IPA^(key): /??a?m??/

Etymology 1

Regular conjugation (rim(e) + -ing).

Verb

riming

1. present participle of rime

Etymology 2

First attested in 1822; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) +? -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives).

Adjective

riming (not comparable)

1. (rare) That rimes (i.e., covers with rime or hoar frost) something.

References

“riming, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)

Etymology 3

First attested in 1873; formed as rime (“dye (wool or yarn) by steeping in water with alder twigs”) +? -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).

Noun

riming (uncountable)

1. (Irish English, now rare, done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs.

References

“riming, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)

Etymology 4

First attested in 1948; formed as rime (“cover with rime or hoar frost”) +? -ing (suffix forming abstract nouns of action).

Noun

riming (uncountable)

1. The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).

References

“riming, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, June 2010)

Anagrams

• MRIing, miring