different between wintry vs biting

English

Alternative forms

• wintery

Etymology

From Old English wintrig. Also constructed from winter +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nt(?)??/
• (General American) enPR: w?n?t(?-)r?, IPA^(key): /?w?nt(?)?i/, [?w???(?)?i]
• Rhymes: -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: win?try

Adjective

wintry (comparative wintrier, superlative wintriest)

1. Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.

   wintry weather

2. Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow.

   It will be cloudy overnight, with outbreaks of heavy rain at times. The rain may turn wintry over higher ground.

3. Aged, white-haired.
4. Chilling, cheerless.
   • 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, The Bounder's Folly

     He reached the old ruins at last, dim masses of moss-grown masonry in the glimmer of the wintry starlight.

   a wintry remark

Synonyms

• (suggestive or characteristic of winter): brumal, hibernal, hiemal

Derived terms

Translations

References

• wintry at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?t??/
• Rhymes: -a?t??

Verb

biting

1. present participle of bite

Noun

biting (plural bitings)

1. An instance of something being bitten.

Derived terms

• nail biting, nailbiting

Translations

Adjective

biting (comparative more biting, superlative most biting)

1. Causing a stinging sensation.

   a biting wind

2. Cutting or incisive.

   a biting criticism

3. Tending to bite.

   a biting insect

Translations

Derived terms

• bitingly
• nail-biting, nailbiting

Danish

Etymology

From bi- (“by-”) +? ting (“thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biten?/, [?b?it?e??]
• Rhymes: -e??

Noun

biting c (singular definite bitingen, plural indefinite biting)

1. a matter of secondary importance

Usage notes

Almost always used in the indefinite form.

Inflection

Synonyms

• bagatel