different between staring vs staving

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st?????/
• Rhymes: -?????

Verb

staring

1. present participle of stare

Noun

staring (plural starings)

1. The act of one who stares.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

     Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space […]

Adjective

staring (comparative more staring, superlative most staring)

1. Shining; vivid, garish. [from 14th c.]
2. Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes. [from 15th c.]
3. (obsolete) Sensational, lurid. [18th–19th c.]
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.8:

     “I fear, with regard to the world in general, she is utterly incorrigible, because it has neither pleasure nor advantage to offer, that can compensate for the deprivation of relating one staring story, or ridiculous anecdote.”

Anagrams

• Garstin, Gartins, gastrin, gratins, ratings, tarings, tringas

English

Verb

staving

1. present participle of stave

Noun

staving (plural stavings)

1. A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• stavelse

Noun

staving f or m (definite singular stavinga or stavingen, indefinite plural stavinger, definite plural stavingene)

1. syllable
2. spelling

Derived terms

• stavingsaksent
• stavingsdannende
• stavingsskrift
• stavingstrykk

References

• “staving” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “staving” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

staving f (definite singular stavinga, indefinite plural stavingar, definite plural stavingane)

1. syllable
2. spelling

Derived terms

• stavingsaksent
• stavingsdannende
• stavingsskrift
• stavingstrykk

See also

• stavelse, staving (Bokmål)

References

• “staving” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.