different between whelpling vs youngling

English

Etymology

From whelp +? -ling.

Noun

whelpling (plural whelplings)

1. A little whelp.
   • 1907, Frederic William Farrar, Lives of the Fathers:

     " […] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found."

   • 2011, Ani Johnson, Half-Breed:

     "Yes, I did," Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head.

   • 2011, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence:

     […] to share space with his dog, whom the attendant explained he'd rescued from the road and taken in, likely, according to the corny script I'd begun playing in, so I'd understand I was truly a stray, a whelpling, a pup.

English

Etymology

From Middle English youngling, ?ongelyng, ?ungling, from Old English ?eongling (“a youth”), from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”), equivalent to young +? -ling. Cognate with Dutch jongeling (“a youngster”), German Jüngling (“a youth”), Swedish yngling (“a youth, kid”), Icelandic unglingur (“teenager, youth”). More at young. Doublet of Yngling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??l??/

Adjective

youngling (comparative more youngling, superlative most youngling)

1. (archaic) young; youthful

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:young

Translations

Noun

youngling (plural younglings)

1. A young person, animal or plant; chit.
   • 1556, Nicholas Ridley, conference with Hugh Latimer

     He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you, as with us younglings.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:youngling (animal) or Thesaurus:child (human)

Translations