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Freaking vs Breaking - What's the difference?

freaking | breaking |

As verbs the difference between freaking and breaking

is that freaking is present participle of lang=en while breaking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between freaking and breaking

is that freaking is {{cx|dated|lang=en}} A streak or variegation in a pattern while breaking is the act by which something is broken.

As an adjective freaking

is fucking.

As an adverb freaking

is fucking.

freaking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A streak or variegation in a pattern.
  • * 1926 , Hildegarde Hawthorne, Corsica, the Surprising Island (page 216)
    • For the greater part of the time we were considerably above the sea, that took on a more vivid hue, more peacock freakings , for every yard we hung above it. Once in a way we got down to sea level, but only to mount again.
  • * 1937 , My Garden (volume 10, page 234)
    • so through every conceivable shade of red, lilac and purple to a vinous maroon of the deepest dye, with freakings and freckles and all manner of fantastic adornments.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (euphemistic, slang, vulgar, chiefly, US) Fucking.
    • You're getting on my freaking nerves!
  • (obsolete) freakish
    • (Samuel Pepys)

    Synonyms

    * effing, flaming, flipping, fricking

    Usage notes

    * Freaking' is often used in motion pictures as a substitute for ' fucking so that characters can be shown to swear without the motion picture incurring censorship or a higher certificate than it otherwise might.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (euphemistic, vulgar, slang, US) Fucking.
    • You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?
    He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.
    English degree adverbs English intensifiers

    breaking

    English

    (wikipedia breaking)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The act by which something is broken.
  • * 2009 , John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation (page 53)
    • We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation
  • (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong
  • (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones
  • break dancing
  • * 2014 , Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond (page 48)
    • The urban dance genre includes breaking , waacking, and house dancing, among others.

    Derived terms

    * aerobreaking

    Anagrams

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