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Chafing vs Chawing - What's the difference?

chafing | chawing |

As verbs the difference between chafing and chawing

is that chafing is present participle of lang=en while chawing is present participle of lang=en, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.

As a noun chafing

is the act by which something is chafed.

chafing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is chafed.
  • * 1853 , The Popular Educator: Volume 3 (page 325)
    • The constant and irresistible pressure of such a ponderous mass in motion must occasion certain rubbings and chafings against the rugged bottoms and projecting sides of the rocks amid which they move.

    chawing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • , i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.

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