different between sailing vs mailing

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): /?me?l??/

Etymology 1

Noun

mailing (plural mailings)

1. An act of sending mail.

Verb

mailing

1. present participle of mail

Etymology 2

See mail (“rent”).

Noun

mailing (plural mailings)

1. (obsolete) A farm.

French

Etymology

From English mailing list

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.li?/

Noun

mailing m (plural mailings)

1. mailing list

Spanish

Noun

mailing m (plural mailings)

1. mailing list