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Barking vs Baking - What's the difference?

barking | baking |

As verbs the difference between barking and baking

is that barking is present participle of lang=en while baking is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between barking and baking

is that barking is who or that barks or bark while baking is intended for use in baking.

As nouns the difference between barking and baking

is that barking is the action of the verb to bark while baking is an action in which something is baked.

As a proper noun Barking

is a town in London.

barking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * barking dogs seldom bite

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Who or that barks or bark.
    • barking dogs
  • (British slang) Short for barking mad.
    • He's going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be barking !

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to bark .
    • Loud barking could be heard from the dog pound.

    Anagrams

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    baking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Intended for use in baking.
    • Here is a baking tray for the cookies.
  • (figuratively) Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot.
    • I'm baking - could you open the window?

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An action in which something is baked
    • I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=Harriet Jacobs (AKA Linda Brent), title=Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings , assisted by her two oldest children. }}
  • The way in which something is baked
  • * {{quote-book, year=1871, author=Ledyard Bill, title=Minnesota; Its Character and Climate, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Captain R. F. Scott, title=Scott's Last Expedition Volume I, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Clissold's work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence. }}

    Derived terms

    * baking hot * baking tin * baking tray