different between touching vs stirring

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?t???/
• Rhymes: -?t???
• Hyphenation: touch?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch +? -ing.

Verb

touching

1. present participle of touch

Adjective

touching (comparative more touching, superlative most touching)

1. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.

   a touching story

Synonyms

• emotional, moving, sad

Translations

Preposition

touching

1. Regarding; concerning.

   • Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge.

Synonyms

• about, apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

Etymology 2

From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch +? -ing.

Noun

touching (plural touchings)

1. The act by which something is touched.
2. (India, in the plural) A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

Translations

Anagrams

• ungothic

English

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

stirring

1. invigorating or inspiring

   • As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[2]

     The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.

Translations

Verb

stirring

1. present participle of stir

Noun

stirring (countable and uncountable, plural stirrings)

1. (gerund of stir) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred