different between petting vs retting

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

ret +? -ing

Noun

retting (countable and uncountable, plural rettings)

1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

Synonyms

• (preparation of flax): rotting

Verb

retting

1. present participle of ret

References

1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Anagrams

• gittern, gritten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From rette +? -ing.

Noun

retting f (definite singular rettinga, indefinite plural rettingar, definite plural rettingane)

1. correction
2. grading (of a test or similar)

References

• “retting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.