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Flaking vs Fleaking - What's the difference?

flaking | fleaking |

As nouns the difference between flaking and fleaking

is that flaking is a piece of flaked material while fleaking is (uk|dialect|obsolete) a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.

As an adjective flaking

is breaking or tending to break into flakes.

As a verb flaking

is .

flaking

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
    • All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of flaked material.
  • * 1916 , Allen Jesse Reynolds, ?Wilson Straley, The Archaeological Bulletin (volumes 7-9, page 3)
    • In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous.

    fleaking

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
    • (Wright)
    (Webster 1913)