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Narrowing vs Expanding - What's the difference?

narrowing | expanding |

As verbs the difference between narrowing and expanding

is that narrowing is present participle of lang=en while expanding is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun narrowing

is the part of a stocking that is narrowed.

narrowing

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Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
  • * 1858 , Margaret Maria Gordon, Household economy (page 60)
    • It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings , should be, at the least'', equal to ''twice the width of the top...

    expanding

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    Verb

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