Knitting vs Dying - What's the difference?
knitting | dying |
The action of the verb to knit ; the process of producing knitted material.
Material that has been, or is being knitted.
Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
(plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.
(nonstandard) )
As verbs the difference between knitting and dying
is that knitting is while dying is or dying can be (nonstandard) ).As nouns the difference between knitting and dying
is that knitting is the action of the verb to knit ; the process of producing knitted material while dying is (plurale tantum) those who are currently expiring, moribund.As an adjective dying is
approaching death; about to die; moribund.knitting
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia knitting) (en noun)- I find knitting very relaxing.
- She put down her knitting and went to answer the phone.
Derived terms
* stick to one's knittingdying
English
(wikipedia dying)Etymology 1
Adjective
(-)- The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
- dying fire
- In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
- His dying words were of his mother.
- until my dying day
- his dying bed
Antonyms
* nascentNoun
- The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .