different between petition vs craving

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??t?.??n/

Noun

petition (plural petitions)

1. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
2. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.

3. (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
4. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.

   • A house of prayer and petition for thy people.

Translations

Verb

petition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)

1. (transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?e?.v??/
• Rhymes: -e?v??

Etymology 1

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave +? -ing.

Noun

craving (plural cravings)

1. A strong desire; yearning.

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: craven

Translations

Etymology 2

From crave.

Verb

craving

1. present participle of crave

Further reading

• craving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• craving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• carving