different between petting vs promote

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

From Latin pr?m?tus, perfect passive participle of pr?move? (“move forward, advance”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???mo?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???m??t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• Hyphenation: pro?mote

Verb

promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)

2. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

3. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

4. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
5. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.

6. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
7. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

8. (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

Antonyms

• (raise rank): demote, relegate
• (advocate or urge on behalf of): denigrate, oppose

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• protome, temporo-, topomer

Latin

Participle

pr?m?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?m?tus