different between punctuation vs pointing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctu?ti? (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctu? (“to mark with points, settle”); see punctuate.Morphologically punctuate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??k.t?u?e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

punctuation (countable and uncountable, plural punctuations)

1. A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences.
2. An act of punctuating.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:punctuation mark

Derived terms

• punctuation mark

Related terms

• point
• punctilious
• punctuate
• punctual
• punctuality

Punctuation

Translations

Further reading

• punctuation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• punctuation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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