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Egging vs Edging - What's the difference?

egging | edging |

As verbs the difference between egging and edging

is that egging is present participle of lang=en while edging is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between egging and edging

is that egging is the act of pelting with eggs while edging is something that forms, defines or marks the edge.

egging

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pelting with eggs.
  • * 2010 , Daniel R. Biddle, Murray Dubin, Tasting Freedom (page 167)
  • “I stand in relation to him something like that of a child to a parent,” Douglass wrote of the owlish man who had stood with him through mobbings and eggings .

    edging

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (orgasm control)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
  • The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.
  • (rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
  • The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
  • Antonyms

    * (climbing) smearing