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Drilling vs Frilling - What's the difference?

drilling | frilling |

As verbs the difference between drilling and frilling

is that drilling is present participle of lang=en while frilling is present participle of frill.

As nouns the difference between drilling and frilling

is that drilling is act of drilling while frilling is a frilled ornamentation on clothing.

drilling

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of ing.
  • A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.

    • Etymology 2

    From German drei (three)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.

    • frilling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A frilled ornamentation on clothing.
  • * 1860? , Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
    • So she sat, corpselike, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper.