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Coaxing vs Coaming - What's the difference?

coaxing | coaming |

As nouns the difference between coaxing and coaming

is that coaxing is the act of one who coaxes while coaming is (nautical) on a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.

As a verb coaxing

is .

coaxing

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who coaxes.
    • After innumerable coaxings and threats, he agreed to do it.

    coaming

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.
  • A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.92:
    • Creepers threaded the wrecked windows of the coaches, ancient and chalky brown with their riveted seams and welted coamings like something proofed for descents into the sea.

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