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Hemming vs Humming - What's the difference?

hemming | humming |

As verbs the difference between hemming and humming

is that hemming is present participle of hem while humming is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hemming and humming

is that hemming is the act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech while humming is the sound of something that hums; a hum.

As a proper noun Hemming

is {{surname}.

hemming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of saying "hem", 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

    humming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of something that hums; a hum.
  • * 1969 , New York Magazine (volume 2, number 49, 8 December 1969, page 70)
    • There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings