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Darning vs Warning - What's the difference?

darning | warning |

As verbs the difference between darning and warning

is that darning is while warning is .

As nouns the difference between darning and warning

is that darning is a repair made by darning while warning is the action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

As an interjection warning is

used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

darning

Verb

(head)
  • Derived terms

    * darning egg * darning mushroom * darning needle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A repair made by darning.
  • * 1840 , Frances Milton Trollope, The Widow Barnaby (page 5)
  • Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings , that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred?

    warning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
  • Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}

    Derived terms

    * warning sign

    Interjection

    warning!
  • Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.