Hanging vs Changing - What's the difference?
hanging | changing |
Suspended.
(chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
(uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide).
* {{quote-book
, year = 1728
, chapter = The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune
, title = The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway
, volume = 2
, first = Thomas
, last = Otway
, authorlink = Thomas Otway
, location = London
, page = 37
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yF1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37
, passage = No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging . Who would not ?teal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
}}
(countable) A public event at which a person is hanged.
(countable) Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters).
(uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
As verbs the difference between hanging and changing
is that hanging is while changing is .As nouns the difference between hanging and changing
is that hanging is (uncountable) the act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide) while changing is change; alteration.As an adjective hanging
is suspended.hanging
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
Derived terms
* hanging garden * hanging loop * hanging participleNoun
(wikipedia hanging)- Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
- The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.