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Washing vs Gashing - What's the difference?

washing | gashing |

As nouns the difference between washing and gashing

is that washing is (uncountable) the action of the verb to wash while gashing is the act of making a gash, or cut.

As verbs the difference between washing and gashing

is that washing is while gashing is .

washing

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to wash
  • (uncountable, chiefly, British, NZ) Clothing, bed linen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
  • * My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
  • (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
  • * The washings have a higher concentration of metal
  • The liquid used to wash an ore.
  • A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
    • the gold-washings''', or silver-'''washings

    Synonyms

    * (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)

    Verb

    (head)

    • gashing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a gash, or cut.
  • * 1821 , Theodore Dehon, Sermons, on the Public Means of Grace
    • Nature prompts to the use of them; for the savage of the woods has the song and the ceremonies of his ancestors, and by the gashings and daubings with which he disfigures his form, denotes his tribe.
  • The roughing operation for worm gears.

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