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Petting vs Letting - What's the difference?

petting | letting |

As verbs the difference between petting and letting

is that petting is present participle of lang=en while letting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between petting and letting

is that petting is the act of stroking or fondling an animal while letting is the rental of an apartment.

petting

English

Verb

(head)
    • I am petting my rabbit

    Noun

  • The act of stroking or fondling an animal.
  • The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
  • The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
  • * Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
    • 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting , and ought to get it.'

    Derived terms

    * heavy petting

    See also

    * foreplay

    letting

    English

    (Renting)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) The rental of an apartment
  • * {{quote-news, 2002, June 15, John Cranage, No fear of slump in lettings, Birmingham Post citation
    • , passage=House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. }}
  • (US, dated) The award of a public contract
  • * {{quote-news, 1937, February 6, Walker Wood, Capitol Activities, Woodville Republican citation
    • , passage=Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.}}