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Hawkling vs Hawking - What's the difference?

hawkling | hawking |

As a noun hawkling

is a small, young, or immature hawk.

As a proper noun hawking is

, variant of hawkins.

hawkling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, young, or immature hawk.
  • *1851 , Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland, Lives of the queens of England :
    • The young nestlings of hawks; these hawklings being untrained, and good for little in falconry.
  • *1913 , The Oriole - Volumes 1-4 - Page 18:
    • The day's tragedies had begun; the east was warm with color, and streamers of light were woven through the clouds; but I thought that, somewhere near me, the mocker's' mate was sitting on her nest, and that somewhere, further away, there were young hawklings who, also, have a right to life.
  • *2009 , Nancy Werlin, Locked Inside :
    • It was a bird, a small hawkling . A baby. And as she watched, it began to stretch its wet, feeble wings.

    hawking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb to hawk .
  • * 1982 , Chinese Literature
    • Boats shuttled to and fro, and the hawkings and peddlings of all sorts of wares helped to create an amazing scene of activity and prosperity.