different between willing vs walling

English

Etymology

• (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan
• (noun): Old English willung, from willian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?l??/
• Hyphenation: will?ing
• Rhymes: -?l??

Adjective

willing (comparative more willing, superlative most willing)

1. Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.

Synonyms

• agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntary; See also Thesaurus:acquiescent

Derived terms

• willing horse
• willingly
• willingness

Translations

Noun

willing (plural willings)

1. (rare or obsolete) The execution of a will.

Verb

willing

1. present participle of will

Further reading

• willing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• willing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Verb

walling

1. present participle of wall

Noun

walling (countable and uncountable, plural wallings)

1. A group of walls.
   • 2014, Carl Schuchhardt, Schliemann's Excavations (page 252)

     “All three,” says Dr. Schliemann, “were unusually large, and appeared to have been forced into the small space of only 5 feet 6 inches, left for them between the inner wallings […]

2. Material used for walls.
3. A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall.

Anagrams

• Wignall