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Crowned vs Crowning - What's the difference?

crowned | crowning |

As verbs the difference between crowned and crowning

is that crowned is (crown) while crowning is .

As adjectives the difference between crowned and crowning

is that crowned is (obsolete) great; excessive; supreme while crowning is supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.

As a noun crowning is

a coronation.

crowned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (crown)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Great; excessive; supreme.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    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.