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Axin vs Axing - What's the difference?

axin | axing |

As nouns the difference between axin and axing

is that axin is a fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Coccus axinus, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent while axing is an assault carried out with an axe.

As a verb axing is

present participle of lang=en.

axin

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biochemistry) A large docking protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1 gene, and that binds APC, GSK-3?, casein kinase I?, and ?-catenin.

    • axing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An assault carried out with an axe.
  • * 2009 , William Ian Miller, Bloodtaking and Peacemaking
    • The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.

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