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Fasting vs Fastening - What's the difference?

fasting | fastening |

As verbs the difference between fasting and fastening

is that fasting is present participle of lang=en while fastening is present participle of to fasten.

As nouns the difference between fasting and fastening

is that fasting is abstinence from food while fastening is a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together.

fasting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • abstinence from food
  • * , The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
    • Immediately after that affair Lady Wondershoot, casting about for exemplary additions to the abuse and fastings she had inflicted, issued a Ukase. She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump.

    fastening

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Present participle of to fasten.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together