different between sapping vs supping

English

sapping

sapping (plural sappings)

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.
The act of excavating trenches.

supping

supping (plural suppings)

The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
(obsolete) That which is supped; broth.
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