different between pointling vs pointing

English

Etymology

point +? -ling

Noun

pointling (plural pointlings)

1. (archaic, rare) A little index finger.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:index finger

See also

• thumby

Anagrams

• toplining

English

Etymology

point +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?p??nt??/
• Rhymes: -??nt??
• Hyphenation: point?ing

Noun

pointing (countable and uncountable, plural pointings)

1. The action of the verb to point.
2. (usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
4. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
5. (art) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.

Derived terms

• Earth-pointing
• Sun-pointing

Verb

pointing

1. present participle of point

References

• pointing at OneLook Dictionary Search
• pointing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• opting in, pitoning