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Hying vs Dying - What's the difference?

hying | dying |

As verbs the difference between hying and dying

is that hying is while dying is or dying can be (nonstandard) ).

As nouns the difference between hying and dying

is that hying is haste while dying is (plurale tantum) those who are currently expiring, moribund.

As an adjective dying is

approaching death; about to die; moribund.

hying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • haste

    • dying

    English

    (wikipedia dying)

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
    • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
    dying fire
  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
    • In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
    • His dying words were of his mother.
    until my dying day
    his dying bed
    Antonyms
    * nascent

    Noun

  • (plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
    • The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .
  • The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) )

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