different between wrestling vs fighting
wrestling
English
Etymology
From late Old English wræstlunge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s.l?.??/, /???s.l??/
Verb
wrestling
- present participle of wrestle
Noun
wrestling (countable and uncountable, plural wrestlings)
- A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- A professional tumbling act that emulates the sport of wrestling. Also called "professional wrestling". It is distinguished from sport wrestling — which has strict internationally recognized rules and is conducted on a mat — by being scripted, rehearsed, conducted in a boxing ring rather than on a mat, and televised as entertainment.
- (countable) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, Poems, "Honors"
- I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow […]
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, Poems, "Honors"
Translations
See also
- clench
- hold
- counter
- on the ropes
- on the canvas
- on the mat
- ring
- sumo, kanjin-sumo
Polish
Etymology
From English wrestling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?.stl?ink/
Noun
wrestling m inan
- professional wrestling
Declension
Further reading
- wrestling in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- wrestling in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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fighting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fa?t??/
Etymology 1
From Middle English feghtyng, fy?tynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, fe?tand, vi?tinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtan? (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight +? -ing.
Adjective
fighting
- Engaged in war or other conflict.
- Apt to provoke a fight.
- 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:
- It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
- 1947, Hold That Lion! (film):
- Them's fighting words in my country!
- 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ?ISBN, page xi:
- Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
- 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:
Translations
Verb
fighting
- present participle of fight
Derived terms
- fighting chance
Etymology 2
From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fi?tinge, fe?tyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight +? -ing.
Noun
fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings)
- The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
- A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
Derived terms
- fighting fit
- fighting words
Descendants
- Korean: ??? (hwaiting)
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean ??? (hwaiting) or ??? (paiting), from English fighting.
Pronunciation
Interjection
fighting
- (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something)
- ??????????????????????fighting? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2016, ?????????? ???????, ????
- Fùzh?ng liù nián, tàolù m?nm?n, y?dìng dài zhe x?xùn huílái! Fùzh?ngrén fighting! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
??????????????????????fighting? [MSC, simp.]- ???????????????????????????fighting? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2016, ????????? ?????????, ????
- Yùndònghuì sh? zh?nggè rén j?ngshén q?lái! Zhèngzài ch?ng xiàng m?ji?xiàn b?obaomen de hángliè zh?ng! Fighting! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
???????????????????????????fighting? [MSC, simp.]- ??fighting? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2018, ?????????? ????“????”, ????
- Dà Qiáo fighting! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
??fighting? [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes
This expression doesn't mean "fighting", but an encouragement.
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