different between snapping vs napping

English

Verb

snapping

1. present participle of snap

Noun

snapping (plural snappings)

1. The sound or action of a snap.
2. The act of snapping at, or speaking sharply to, somebody.
   • 1846-48, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son

     There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.

Anagrams

• nappings

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: knapping
• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

napping

1. present participle of nap

See also

• catch napping

Noun

napping (plural nappings)

1. The act of taking a nap or short sleep.
   • 1993, Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Elizabeth Lipton Cobbs, Kenneth Brummel-Smith, Ambulatory geriatric care (page 552)

     Poor or inadequate sleep hygiene may contribute to difficulty falling asleep and may be a factor in sleep onset insomnia for elderly persons. This is most frequently caused by haphazard and irregular nappings.

2. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nappyng, nappunge, nappinge, nappynge

Etymology

From Old English hnappung; equivalent to nappen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?napin?/

Noun

napping

1. (rare) Sleep, napping, slumbering.
2. (rare) Sleepiness, tiredness.

References

• “napping(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.