different between sucking vs eating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k??/
• Hyphenation: suck?ing

Verb

sucking

1. present participle of suck

Noun

sucking (countable and uncountable, plural suckings)

1. An act of sucking.
2. A sound or motion that sucks.

Translations

Adjective

sucking (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Still nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.
2. (archaic, by extension, figuratively) Young and inexperienced.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?it??/, [?i???]
• Hyphenation: eat?ing

Etymology 1

Verb

eating

1. present participle of eat

Adjective

eating (not comparable)

1. Bred to be eaten.

2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

Derived terms

• eating apple

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

1. The act of ingesting food.
2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.

3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

Synonyms

• (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• giante, ingate, tagine, tangie, teaing