different between washing vs bathing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w????/
• (General American) enPR: wôsh??ng, IPA^(key): /?w????/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: wäsh??ng, IPA^(key): /?w????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

washing (countable and uncountable, plural washings)

1. (countable) The action of the verb to wash
   • 1855, Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

     I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]

2. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.

   My mother used to do the washing on a Monday

3. (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed

   The washings have a higher concentration of metal

4. The liquid used to wash an ore.
5. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.

   the gold-washings, or silver-washings

6. A thin covering or coat.

   a washing of silver

7. (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
8. (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

Synonyms

• (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)

Derived terms

• dirty washing

Translations

Verb

washing

1. present participle of wash

Anagrams

• Wangshi, hawings, hawsing

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bathyng; equivalent to bathe +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?be??ð??(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?ð??

Adjective

bathing (not comparable)

1. That takes a bath.

   a bathing child

2. Designed for use whilst bathing.

   The Victorians changed in a bathing machine before paddling in the sea.

Noun

bathing (plural bathings)

1. The act of taking a bath.

Translations

Verb

bathing

1. present participle of bathe

   Bathing in the sea is considered healthy.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From bath

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??/

Verb

bathing

1. present participle of bath