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Chaffing vs Galling - What's the difference?

chaffing | galling |

As verbs the difference between chaffing and galling

is that chaffing is present participle of lang=en while galling is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun chaffing

is the act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.

As an adjective galling is

vexing, humiliating.

chaffing

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Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
  • * 1883 , (Edward Payson Roe), His Sombre Rivals
    • Grace had made Graham laugh many a time by her inimitable descriptions of the quaint tilts and chaffings of these graybeards, as each urged the views of his favorite journals

    galling

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    Adjective

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  • vexing, humiliating
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
    • Uruguay were quick to the ball, strong in the tackle and seemed intent' on showing they were a better team than had been apparent in their defeat to Costa Rica. Yet the most ' galling part for England is that they helped them on their way.

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