different between sapling vs sapping

sapling

English

Etymology

From Middle English sapling, seplyng, sapplynge, equivalent to sap +? -ling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sæpl??/

Noun

sapling (plural saplings)

  1. A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
  2. (figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Galpins, lapsing, palings, spaling

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sapping

English

Verb

sapping

  1. present participle of sap

Noun

sapping (plural sappings)

  1. The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
    • December 22, 1821, Joseph Story, Address Delivered Before the Members of the New-England Society, in Charleston
      [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.
  2. The act of excavating trenches.

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