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Harkening vs Hardening - What's the difference?

harkening | hardening |

As verbs the difference between harkening and hardening

is that harkening is present participle of lang=en while hardening is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between harkening and hardening

is that harkening is the act of one who harkens or listens while hardening is the process by which something hardens.

harkening

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who harkens or listens.
  • * Robert Louis Stevenson, Olalla
    • The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings , unstrung me

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    hardening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which something hardens.
  • That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
    • (Webster 1913)