different between vying vs lying
vying
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va?.??/
Verb
vying
- present participle of vie
Noun
vying (plural vyings)
- The act of one who vies; rivalry.
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lying
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?la?.??/
- Hyphenation: ly?ing
Etymology 1
lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) +? -ing.
Verb
lying
- present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).
Noun
lying (plural lyings)
- The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
- 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.
- But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?
- 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.
Derived terms
- low-lying
- high-lying
Translations
Etymology 2
lie (“to intentionally give false information”) +? -ing.
Verb
lying
- present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).
Noun
lying (plural lyings)
- An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
- 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year, "Apples of Sodom"
- […] he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools […]
- 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year, "Apples of Sodom"
Translations
Adjective
lying (not generally comparable, comparative more lying or lyinger, superlative most lying or lyingest)
- Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
- Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, Act 2 scene 1:
- Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Induction scene 2:
- Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, Act 2 scene 1:
Further reading
- lie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- lingy
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