As verbs the difference between irking and inking
is that irking is while inking is .
As a noun inking is
an application of ink.
inking
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
An application of ink.
* 1900 , Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (page 175)
- In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design