different between petitioning vs soliciting

English

petitioning

petitioning (plural petitionings)

The act of making a petition or appeal.
- 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
  They would have turned her forth, I think, but for my own poor petitionings, unceasing in her behalf.

soliciting

soliciting (plural solicitings)

The act of one who solicits.
- 1848, A house and its three tenants (in The Dublin University Magazine, volume 32, page 162)
  His wife added no timid solicitings to the advice of his well-wishers; for she saw he considered it his duty to remain, and be a sort of rallying point to the humble supporters of quiet and good order […]

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