different between voiding vs undoing

English

Verb

voiding

1. present participle of void

Noun

voiding (plural voidings)

1. An act by which something is voided, such as urination.
   • 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

     the annulling or voiding of marriages, made unlawfully

2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
   • 1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore

     Oh! bestow
     Some poor Remain, the voiding of thy Table,
     A Morsel to support my famish'd soul

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?du???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo +? -ing.

Noun

undoing (plural undoings)

1. The act of loosening or unfastening
2. Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.

   His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself.

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5:

     So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing.
3. Annulment; reversal

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English undoynge, undoand, from Old English und?nde (“undoing”), from Proto-Germanic *andad?ndz, present participle of *andad?n? (“to undo”). Cognate with Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”).

Verb

undoing

1. present participle of undo

Anagrams

• ounding