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Gloaming vs Gloating - What's the difference?

gloaming | gloating |

As nouns the difference between gloaming and gloating

is that gloaming is (poetry|scotland|uk|north england) twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk while gloating is the act of one who gloats.

As a verb gloating is

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gloaming

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (poetry, Scotland, UK, North England) twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk
  • * 1898 — , Book 1, ch 6
    • You may imagine the young people brushed up after the labours of the day, and making this novelty, as they would make any novelty, the excuse for walking together and enjoying a trivial flirtation. You may figure to yourself the hum of voices along the road in the gloaming ...
  • * 2001 — David Lodge, Thinks...
    • I clung to her nipples as she soared and swooped through the gloaming , scooping up insects, and I remember the shapes of things that she flew between, above, beneath.
  • (obsolete) sullenness; melancholy

    • Synonyms

    * crepuscule, vespers, twilight, sundown, dusk, dawn

    Antonyms

    * diurnal, daytime, daylight, as well as nocturnal, nighttime, darkness

    Related terms

    * gloom

    gloating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who gloats.
  • * 1983 , Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand (page 69)
    • There are not-so-disguised gloatings as a freelancer gets the job he has been looking for and gets access to powerful and productive television filmmakers.

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