Dawning vs Downing - What's the difference?
dawning | downing |
Dawn.
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*:Anone after cam the knyght with the two swerdes and balan his broder / and brought with hem kynge Ryons of Northwalys and there delyuerd hym to the porters and charged hem with hym / & soo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day
* 1874 , , (The City of Dreadful Night)
The first beginnings of something.
*1995 , (Pinky and the Brain) , theme:
*:Before each night is done, / Their plan will be unfurled, / By the dawning of the sun, / They'll take over the world.
An occasion on which something is downed
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Michael R. Gordon, title=Planning Seen in Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Copters, work=New York Times
, passage=In several recent helicopter downings , the attackers used a variety of weapons
A defeat
* 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
*:This was not just a downing of fierce rivals for the home side, it was three precious points to go towards their quest to stay in the top flight.
As nouns the difference between dawning and downing
is that dawning is dawn while downing is an occasion on which something is downed.As verbs the difference between dawning and downing
is that dawning is while downing is .dawning
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Alternative forms
* daunyngNoun
(en noun)- never there / Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath / After the dewy dawning' s cold grey air
Verb
(head)downing
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