different between starving vs staving

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

starving

1. present participle of starve

Noun

starving (plural starvings)

1. starvation
   • 1868, Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre

     […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]

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.