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Boding vs Boxing - What's the difference?

boding | boxing |

As nouns the difference between boding and boxing

is that boding is an omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent while boxing is (sports) a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout or boxing can be material used for making boxes or casing.

As verbs the difference between boding and boxing

is that boding is while boxing is or boxing can be .

As an adjective boding

is portending, ominous.

boding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.
  • * Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • The boding of the tree toad.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • portending, ominous
  • Verb

    (head)
  • boxing

    English

    Etymology 1

    From

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia boxing) (-)
  • (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
  • Synonyms
    * (sports) fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from boxing) * boxing glove * boxing match * boxing ring * kick-boxing, kickboxing * shadow-boxing, shadowboxing
    See also
    (terms associated with boxing) * clinch * down for the count * fancy footwork * left hook * on the ropes * on the canvas * on the mat * upper cut * prizefighting * ring * wrestling * (boxing)

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material used for making boxes or casing.
  • (construction) Casing.
  • (programming) Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
  • Antonyms
    * (programming) unboxing

    Verb

    (head)