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Ing vs Ly - What's the difference?

ing | ly |

As a proper noun ing

is shortened from inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like ing-britt and ing-marie.

As a noun ly is

reason.

ing

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A water meadow

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Etymology 2

    : From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the ng sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

    Anagrams

    * ----

    ly

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy)

    • Synonyms

    * LY * lightyear

    Derived terms

    * kly * Mly * Gly

    See also

    * psc * pc ----