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Hawing vs Pawing - What's the difference?

hawing | pawing |

As verbs the difference between hawing and pawing

is that hawing is present participle of haw while pawing is present participle of paw.

As nouns the difference between hawing and pawing

is that hawing is the act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech while pawing is the act of one who paws.

hawing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
  • * 1847 , The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review (page 285)
    • Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings , tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them

    pawing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who paws.
  • * 1946 , Mazo de la Roche, Return to Jalna
    • Firelight could be seen reflected on the ceiling of the drawing-room. Inside the deep stone porch, the heavy door was scarred by the pawings of many generations of dogs.