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Hounding vs Founding - What's the difference?

hounding | founding |

As verbs the difference between hounding and founding

is that hounding is present participle of lang=en while founding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hounding and founding

is that hounding is pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless while founding is the action of the verb to found; the establishment of something.

As an adjective founding is

who or that founds or found.

hounding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
  • *2011 , "Embraceable you", The Economist , 30 Jul 2011:
  • *:Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.
  • (nautical) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
    • (Webster 1913)

    founding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to found ; the establishment of something.
    • the founding of the republic
  • * 2005 , Donatella Della Porta, Sidney G. Tarrow, Transnational Protest and Global Activism
    • Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Who or that founds or found.
    • The founding fathers of our country.