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Consoling vs Wishing - What's the difference?

consoling | wishing |

As verbs the difference between consoling and wishing

is that consoling is while wishing is .

As nouns the difference between consoling and wishing

is that consoling is the act of consoling while wishing is the act of making a wish.

consoling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (consolings)
  • the act of consoling

  • consolings

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • wishing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a wish.
  • * 1852 , Chambers's Papers for the People (volumes 9-10, page 167)
  • Discourse there was none; only exclamations and interjections, and wishings , wishings, wishings that Bessy were but his own for ever — his dear, dear little wife, as assuredly one day she should be!