different between sailing vs hailing

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

sailing

1. present participle of sail

Etymology 2

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Adjective

sailing (not comparable)

1. Travelling by ship.

Derived terms

• sailing boat
• sailing ship
• sailing dinghy
• sailing vessel

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English sailyng, seyling; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Noun

sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

Derived terms

• clear sailing
• plain sailing

Translations

References

• “sailing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?l??/

Verb

hailing

1. present participle of hail

Noun

hailing (plural hailings)

1. The act by which somebody is hailed.
   • 1995, Sara Mills, Feminist Stylistics Interface

     There is an unending series of hailings, both direct and indirect, to which the reader responds or does not respond. Thus, although certain texts attempt to address themselves to the reader, she may be critical of them […]

Anagrams

• nilghai