different between petting vs pelting

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

Etymology 1

Verb

pelting

1. present participle of pelt

Noun

pelting (plural peltings)

1. The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
   • 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)

     […] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.

Etymology 2

Related to paltry.

Adjective

pelting (comparative more pelting, superlative most pelting)

1. (obsolete) mean; paltry
   • c. 1608/9, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 4 scene 5

     I pray you, let us see you in the field;
     We have had pelting wars since you refused
     The Grecians' cause.

Anagrams

• petling