different between painting vs dying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?n.t??/
• Rhymes: -e?nt??

Verb

painting

1. present participle of paint

Noun

painting (countable and uncountable, plural paintings)

1. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

   • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
2. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.

3. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

Synonyms

The same activity as an art form

• third art

Derived terms

• cave painting
• oil painting

Related terms

• painter

Translations

Anagrams

• patining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??/
• Homophone: dyeing

Etymology 1

die +? -ing

Adjective

dying (not comparable)

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

   The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!

   a dying fire

   The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

   In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

   His dying words were of his mother.

   until my dying day

   his dying bed

Antonyms

• nascent

Translations

Noun

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

Translations

Verb

dying

1. present participle of die

Etymology 2

dye +? -ing

Verb

dying

1. (nonstandard) present participle of dye

Anagrams

• dingy