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Gearing vs Glaring - What's the difference?

gearing | glaring |

As nouns the difference between gearing and glaring

is that gearing is the ratio of a system of gears while glaring is the act of giving a glare.

As verbs the difference between gearing and glaring

is that gearing is while glaring is .

As an adjective glaring is

reflecting with glare.

gearing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The ratio of a system of gears.
    • The 4x4 could climb well as it had relatively low gearing .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    glaring

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reflecting with glare.
  • Blatant, obvious.
    • How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!

    Derived terms

    * glaringly * glaringness

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a glare.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
    • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!
  • (rare) A group of cats.
  • * 2010 , The Big Bang Theory , episode “ The Zazzy Substitution”
    • Leonard : You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
    Sheldon : Clowder.
    Leonard : What?
    Sheldon : A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring . It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.

    Synonyms

    * (group of cats) clowder

    Hyponyms

    * (group of cats) kindle (group of kittens) English collective nouns