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Knitting vs Dying - What's the difference?

knitting | dying |

As verbs the difference between knitting and dying

is that knitting is while dying is or dying can be (nonstandard) ).

As nouns the difference between knitting and dying

is that knitting is the action of the verb to knit ; the process of producing knitted material while dying is (plurale tantum) those who are currently expiring, moribund.

As an adjective dying is

approaching death; about to die; moribund.

knitting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia knitting) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to knit ; the process of producing knitted material.
    • I find knitting very relaxing.
  • Material that has been, or is being knitted.
    • She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone.

    Derived terms

    * stick to one's knitting

    dying

    English

    (wikipedia dying)

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
    • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
    dying fire
  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
    • In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
    • His dying words were of his mother.
    until my dying day
    his dying bed
    Antonyms
    * nascent

    Noun

  • (plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
    • The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .
  • The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) )

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