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Fondling vs Penetration - What's the difference?

fondling | penetration |

As nouns the difference between fondling and penetration

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

As a verb fondling

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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    penetration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of penetrating something.
  • Any penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
  • Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
  • The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XVI:
  • my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration .
  • A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
  • Derived terms

    * double penetration * interpenetration