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Fondling vs Cuddling - What's the difference?

fondling | cuddling |

As nouns the difference between fondling and cuddling

is that fondling is (obsolete) a foolish person or fondling can be the act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness while cuddling is the act of giving a cuddle.

As verbs the difference between fondling and cuddling

is that fondling is while cuddling is .

fondling

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A foolish person.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
  • *:Yet were her words and lookes but false and fayned, / To some hid end to make more easie way, / Or to allure such fondlings whom she trayned / Into her trap […].
  • *1847 , , Wuthering Heights , Vol. I, ch. 10:
  • *:'How can you say I am harsh, you naughty fondling?' cried the mistress, amazed at the unreasonable assertion.
  • A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
    • See also
    * fondler

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • Derived terms
    * fondlingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
  • * Mickle
    • Cyrus made no amorous fondling / To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart.

    References

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    cuddling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a cuddle.
  • * 1919 , Lucy Montgomery, Rainbow Valley (page 28)
    • Una envied all children their mothers. She had been only six when her mother died, but she had some very precious memories, treasured in her soul like jewels, of twilight cuddlings and morning frolics