different between punning vs penning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Verb

punning

1. present participle of pun

Noun

punning (plural punnings)

1. The action of the verb to pun.

Adjective

punning

1. That makes or uses a pun.

   The spoonerism "Burly Chassis" is a punning reference to Shirley Bassey's voluptuous figure.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n??/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /?p?n??/
  • Homophone: pinning (pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -?n??

Etymology 1

Verb

penning

1. present participle of pen

Noun

penning (plural pennings)

1. Writing; literary composition.

   the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer

Etymology 2

Noun

penning (plural pennings or penningar)

1. An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish pænning, Old Norse peningr, borrowed from Old Saxon penning or Old English penning, peni?, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz (“coin”). Cognate with English penny and German Pfennig.

This word is the source of the common word for "money" in modern Scandinavian, see penge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p??ne?]

Noun

penning c (singular definite penningen, plural indefinite penninge)

1. (historical) coin or currency in use in Denmark until 1602

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch penninc, from Old Dutch pennink, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.n??/
• Hyphenation: pen?ning
• Rhymes: -?n??

Noun

penning m (plural penningen, diminutive penninkje n)

1. (historical) A small coin, usually made of silver but later also of gold; penny.
2. A medal or commemoration coin.
3. (figuratively) money, cash.
4. (obsolete) coin.

Derived terms

• gedenkpenning
• penningmeester
• Schimmelpenninck

Old English

Alternative forms

• pending, pæning, pening, pæni?, peni?

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *panningaz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pen.nin?/, [?pen.ni??]

Noun

penning m

1. penny

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: peny, pani, peni, penie, pani?e, pening
  • English: penny, pence
    • ? Norman: pénîn
  • Scots: penny
• ? Old Irish: pinginn, penginn (possibly from Old Norse)
  • Irish: pingin

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse penningr, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz

Noun

penning c

1. a coin, a penny
2. money, cash

Declension

Synonyms

• peng

Derived terms