different between titling vs twitling

English

Etymology 1

See title.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?tl???/, /?ta?tl??/

Verb

titling

1. present participle of title

Noun

titling (plural titlings)

1. The act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book.
2. (law) A legal right to a property; holding a title.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Superficially tit (“a small bird”) +? -ling (“small”). Attested from the 16th century. Probably from Icelandic titlingr (“tit sparrow”), Old Norse titlingr (“sparrow”). Compare Old Norse tittr (“titmouse”). Also see Middle English titmose (“titmouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?tl??/

Noun

titling (plural titlings)

1. The hedge sparrow, dunnock, titlene, Prunella modularis.
2. The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
3. (obsolete, in customhouses) Stockfish.

Translations

References

• titling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “titling²”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Tlingit, litting, tilting

English

Etymology

From twit +? -ling.

Noun

twitling (plural twitlings)

1. A little twit.
   • 1984, Martyn Hammersley, Peter Woods, Life in school:

     "You twit, Long!" ... "You twitling, twitling! Twitling!"

Anagrams

• tiltwing, twilting