Killing vs Dilling - What's the difference?
killing | dilling |
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
Devastatingly attractive.
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 471:
an instance of someone being killed
(informal) A large amount of money.
(obsolete) A darling; a favourite.
As verbs the difference between killing and dilling
is that killing is present participle of lang=en while dilling is present participle of dill.As nouns the difference between killing and dilling
is that killing is an instance of someone being killed while dilling is a darling; a favourite.As an adjective killing
is that literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.killing
English
(wikipedia killing)Verb
(head)- This work is killing me.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Livia found her ‘killing ’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
Noun
(en noun)- He made a killing on the stock market.
Derived terms
* honour killing / honor killing * killingly * make a killing * nonkilling * targeted killing * thrill killingdilling
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Whilst the birds billing, / Each one with his dilling . — Drayton.