different between widening vs swelling
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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swelling
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sw?l.??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Noun
swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)
- The state of being swollen.
- Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
- (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.
Translations
Verb
swelling
- present participle of swell
See also
- edema
Anagrams
- Wellings, wellings
Middle English
Noun
swelling
- Alternative form of swellynge
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