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Pelting vs Belting - What's the difference?

pelting | belting |

As verbs the difference between pelting and belting

is that pelting is present participle of pelt while belting is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between pelting and belting

is that pelting is mean; paltry while belting is very good; exceptional can also be used adverbially.

As nouns the difference between pelting and belting

is that pelting is the act by which somebody or something is pelted while belting is a beating with a belt.

pelting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mean; paltry
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
  • * 1830 , Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)
    • the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.
    (Webster 1913)

    belting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beating with a belt.
  • (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 24, author=Matt Johnston, title=Race for the eight as AFL finals approach, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=He said recent nail-biting finals had renewed interest in the end-of-season contests, after a series of one-sided beltings earlier this decade. }}
  • A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
  • The material from which belts for machinery are made.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (Northern English dialect) very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
    • You'll have a belting time!
    She cooks belting good food.