different between sapping vs rapping

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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rapping

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /??æp.??/
  • Homophone: wrapping
  • Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

rapping

  1. present participle of rap

Noun

rapping (plural rappings)

  1. The sound of a rap or knock.
    During the séance, we heard mysterious rappings on the table.
  2. (music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music.

Adjective

rapping (comparative more rapping, superlative most rapping)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Remarkably large; whopping.

References

  • (large, whopping): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • parping

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