different between widening vs distention
widening
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?d?n??/
Adjective
widening (not comparable)
- Growing wider or farther apart.
- 1920 — William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming
- 1920 — William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming
Noun
widening (plural widenings)
- The action of the verb widen.
- 1887 — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men, Olalla
- 1887 — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men, Olalla
Translations
Verb
widening
- present participle of widen
Anagrams
- indewing
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distention
English
Alternative forms
- distension
Etymology
From Middle French distension
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?t?n??n/
Noun
distention (countable and uncountable, plural distentions)
- The act of distending.
Translations
Anagrams
- dentitions, tendonitis
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