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Bleating vs Bleeding - What's the difference?

bleating | bleeding |

As verbs the difference between bleating and bleeding

is that bleating is present participle of lang=en while bleeding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between bleating and bleeding

is that bleating is a noise that bleats; inane or plaintive chatter while bleeding is the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

As an adjective bleeding is

(used as an intensifier) extreme, outright.

As an adverb bleeding is

(used as an intensifier) Extremely.

bleating

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noise that bleats; inane or plaintive chatter.
  • * 1611 , , 1 Samuel 15:14 :
  • *:And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
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    bleeding

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * bleeding heart

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (UK, slang) (used as an intensifier) extreme, outright.
  • * "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.software.year-2000/msg/ba82c9dd28cde368]
  • *{{quote-web
  • , year = 2004 , author = DrusillaDax , title = Battlefields , site = Sensus Fanfiction Archive , url = http://www.noiresensus.com/bookshelf/harrypotter/battlefields24.html , accessdate = 2014-10-08 }}
    "You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen."

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (UK, slang) (used as an intensifier) Extremely.
  • His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
    It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
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  • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic
  • (medicine, historical) bloodletting