different between weathering vs feathering

English

Etymology

From Middle English wederyng, equivalent to weather +? -ing.

Noun

weathering (countable and uncountable, plural weatherings)

1. (obsolete) Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
2. (geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
3. (architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.

Derived terms

• space weathering

Translations

Verb

weathering

1. present participle of weather

English

Verb

feathering

1. present participle of feather

Noun

feathering (plural featherings)

1. Plumage.
2. A feathered texture.
   • 1834, Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants

     The whole flower is very small; the tube is faintly marked with lilac lines; the petals are concave, the three outer white, marked with three lines, the middle one narrow, without featherings, the outer ones broader, and neatly feathered […]

3. The fitting of feathers to arrows.
4. (architecture) An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.