different between playing vs splaying

English

Etymology

From Middle English playing; equivalent to play +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple?.??/
• Rhymes: -e???

Noun

playing (plural playings)

1. (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.

Verb

playing

1. present participle of play

Anagrams

• plygain

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pleiingue, pleying, pleing, pleyynge, playinge, pleyinge, pleiing, plawyng, pleiyng, pleyenge

Etymology

From pleyen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?i?in?/, /?pl?i??n?/, /pl?i?n?/

Noun

playing (plural playinges)

1. playing, having fun, entertainment, revelry.
2. The playing of a game or sport; ludic entertainment.
3. The participation or running of a play or performance.
4. (rare) The duration something is boiling for.
5. (rare) comedy, humour.

Descendants

• English: playing

References

• “pleiinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

Adverb

playing

1. (rare) jestfully

References

• “pleiinge, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

English

Etymology

splay +? -ing

Verb

splaying

1. present participle of splay

Noun

splaying (plural splayings)

1. A shape or motion that splays.
   • 1970, Hélène Cixous, The Third Body (page 60)

     I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice.

Anagrams

• palsying, playings, plygains