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Faxing vs Waxing - What's the difference?

faxing | waxing |

As a verb waxing is

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As a noun waxing is

the action of the verb to wax.

faxing

English

Verb

(head)

    • waxing

    English

    (wikipedia waxing)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Antonyms

    * waning

    Derived terms

    * waxing kernel

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to wax.
  • *1983 , Youlan Feng, ?Derk Bodde, A History of Chinese Philosophy , Vol. 2, p. 427:
    • The wanings and waxings (of the sun and moon) occur according to the (twelve) pitch-pipes.
  • *2006 , Mary Lou Lyon, Early Cupertino , p. 81:
    • The building interior was Gothic and finished by multiple waxings of the commercial coast woods, redwood, sugar pine, white pine, and Douglas fir.
  • *2009 , Fritz Allhoff, Wine and Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking , p. 128:
  • *:Are these metaphorical descriptions just the subjective waxings of the critic or are they aesthetic properties really (but metaphorically) true of the wine?
  • (countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
  • (countable) A recording intended for a phonograph.

    • Synonyms

    * (recording) vinyl, record, platter

    Derived terms

    * bikini waxing * Brazilian waxing * hot waxing * Persian waxing * waxing die * waxing iron * waxing up