different between petting vs patting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t??/, [?p?????]
• Rhymes: -?t??

Verb

petting

1. present participle of pet

   I am petting my rabbit.

Noun

petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
2. The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
3. The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
   • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives

     'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

Derived terms

• heavy petting

Translations

See also

• foreplay

Polish

Etymology

From English petting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.tink/

Noun

petting m inan

1. (sex) petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner)

Declension

Further reading

• petting in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• petting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæt??/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [?p?æ???]
  • Homophone: padding

Verb

patting

1. present participle of pat

Noun

patting (plural pattings)

1. The act by which something is patted.
   • 1918, Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service

     It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.