different between veiling vs shadowing

English

Verb

veiling

1. present participle of veil

Noun

veiling (countable and uncountable, plural veilings)

1. The act of covering with a veil.
2. Material for making veils.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch veiling, from Middle Dutch veilinge. Equivalent to veil +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?i?.l??/

Noun

veiling (plural veilings or veilinge (dated))

1. auction

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch veilinge. Equivalent to veilen +? -ing. Compare West Frisian feiling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?i?.l??/
• Hyphenation: vei?ling
• Rhymes: -?i?l??

Noun

veiling f (plural veilingen, diminutive veilinkje n)

1. auction (concrete and abstract)

   Synonyms: venditie, vendu

2. auction house, building or business where auctions are held

   Synonym: venduhuis

Derived terms

• bloemenveiling
• veilinghuis
• veilingsite

Descendants

• Afrikaans: veiling

English

Pronunciation

Verb

shadowing

1. present participle of shadow

Noun

shadowing (plural shadowings)

1. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
2. The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
3. (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
4. A faint representation; an adumbration.
   • 1871, Edward Burnett Tylor, Primitive Culture

     There are […] in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity.

5. (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
6. (education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.

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