different between sending vs mending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd??/

Verb

sending

1. present participle of send

Noun

sending (plural sendings)

1. The act by which somebody or something is sent.

Anagrams

• endings

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zending, from Middle Dutch sendinge. Equivalent to send +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.d??/

Noun

sending (plural sendings)

1. (Protestantism) mission (proselytisation)
2. mission, task, objective
3. something sent

Derived terms

• sendingskool
• sendingstasie
• sendingwerk

Faroese

Etymology

From senda (“to send”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, plural sendingar)

1. (post, transport) delivery, mail
2. (media) program (news, shows etc., broadcast on radio or television)
3. (communication) transmission (data etc.)
4. (sports) pass, shot

Declension

Antonyms

• móttøka

Derived terms

• brævasending
• virðissending
• hópsending
• pakkasending
• skundsending
• sjónvarpssending
• útvarpssending
• tíðindasending
• dátusending

Related terms

• flutningur
• brævaflutningur
• pakkaflutningur
• postflutningur
• sjónvarpsskrá
• útvarpsskrá
• sendiferð
• fjarskifti
• samskifti

Icelandic

Etymology

From senda (“to send”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nti?k/

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, nominative plural sendingar)

1. sending, dispatching
2. shipment, consignment
3. (sports) pass

Declension

Derived terms

• orðsending
• stoðsending
• útsending
• vörusending

English

Verb

mending

1. present participle of mend

Noun

mending (plural mendings)

1. The act by which something is mended or repaired.
   • 1844, Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads (page 133)

     This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings […]