different between sparing vs clement

English

Adjective

sparing (comparative more sparing, superlative most sparing)

1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

Translations

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:frugal

Verb

sparing

1. present participle of spare

Noun

sparing (plural sparings)

1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
   • 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day (volume 2, page 322)

     The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]

Anagrams

• gnisrap, parings, parsing, rapings, rasping

Indonesian

Etymology

From English sparring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spa.r??]
• Hyphenation: spa?ring

Noun

sparing

1. (colloquial) to practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

   Synonym: berlatih

Further reading

• “sparing” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From English sparring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spa.r?ink/

Noun

sparing m inan

1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) sparingowy

Related terms

• (noun) sparingpartner

Further reading

• sparing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sparing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cl?m?ns.

Adjective

clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)

1. Lenient or merciful; charitable.
   • a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]

     Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.

2. Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
   • 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,

     The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.

   • 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani, translated by Hillel Halkin, New York: Doubleday, pp. 314-5,

     The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.

Antonyms

• inclement

Related terms

• clemency

Translations

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French clément, from Latin clemens.

Adjective

clement m or n (feminine singular clement?, masculine plural clemen?i, feminine and neuter plural clemente)

1. clement

Declension