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Gilding vs Gelding - What's the difference?

gilding | gelding |

As verbs the difference between gilding and gelding

is that gilding is present participle of lang=en while gelding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between gilding and gelding

is that gilding is the art of applying gold leaf to a surface while gelding is a castrated male horse.

gilding

English

(wikipedia gilding)

Verb

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    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface
  • (uncountable) Gold leaf
  • (countable) A coating of gold, etc.

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    gelding

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a castrated male horse
  • any castrated male animal
  • (archaic) a eunuch
  • * Wyclif Bible, Acts viii. 38
    • They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding , and Philip baptized him.

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