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Browning vs Crowning - What's the difference?

browning | crowning |

As a proper noun browning

is .

As a verb crowning is

.

As an adjective crowning is

supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.

As a noun crowning is

a coronation.

browning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, etc.
  • (masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

    • crowning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
    • a crowning achievement
    crowning glory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coronation.
    • The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.
  • The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
  • * 1860 , Fraser's Magazine (volume 61, page 711)
    • There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath.