different between thinking vs cerebration

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k??/
• Hyphenation: think?ing
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think +? -ing.

Noun

thinking (usually uncountable, plural thinkings)

1. Thought; gerund of think.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• quick-thinking
• thinking cap
• thinking man

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þen?ende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijan? (“to think”), equivalent to think +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).

Verb

thinking

1. present participle of think

English

Etymology

From Latin cerebrum (“brain”) + -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s????b?e???n/

Noun

cerebration (countable and uncountable, plural cerebrations)

1. The act of cerebrating; thinking, reflection, thought.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 177:

     Dr Carpenter first, unless I am mistaken, introduced the term ‘unconscious cerebration’, which has since then been a popular phrase of explanation.

Related terms

• cerebrate