different between paddling vs puddling

English

From paddle +? -ing.

paddling

From Middle English padelynge, equivalent to paddle +? -ing.

paddling (plural paddlings)

The act of using a paddle.
An act of corporal punishment consisting of spanking the buttocks with a paddle.
A collective noun for ducks when they are on water.

puddling (countable and uncountable, plural puddlings)

The action of forming a puddle.
The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
(canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
(metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
A group of mallards (ducks).
A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.

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