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Foxfire vs Ing - What's the difference?

foxfire | ing |

As nouns the difference between foxfire and ing

is that foxfire is bioluminescence created by some types of fungus while ing is a water meadow.

foxfire

English

Noun

(-)
  • bioluminescence created by some types of fungus

    • Anagrams

    *

    ing

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A water meadow

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Etymology 2

    : From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the ng sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

    Anagrams

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