different between squeezing vs shrinking

English

Verb

squeezing

1. present participle of squeeze

Noun

squeezing (plural squeezings)

1. The act of pressing; compression.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

     Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

2. (chiefly in the plural) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.
   • 1849, The London Lancet (page 464)

     An exceedingly minute portion of Prussian blue suspended in water was similarly affected with muriatic acid. A portion of the squeezings of the sponge, which exhibited a greenish colour, evaporated to dryness, and ignited, left a calx […]

English

Etymology

shrink +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?????k??/
• Hyphenation: shrink?ing

Verb

shrinking

1. present participle of shrink

Noun

shrinking (plural shrinkings)

1. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
   • 1822, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal (volume 6, page 10)

     […] the silent grief beyond the power of words—the generous consolations of the noble sister—the shrinkings of the poor criminal, and his relapsings into a gentler penitence […]