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Limning vs Lining - What's the difference?

limning | lining |

As verbs the difference between limning and lining

is that limning is present participle of lang=en while lining is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between limning and lining

is that limning is a depiction while lining is a covering for the inside surface of something.

limning

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A depiction.
  • * 2009 , Leanda de Lisle, The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
  • In the limnings , or miniatures, painted by the court artist Lavina Teerlinc she resembles her lovely grandmother, the King's late younger sister, Mary Tudor, the French Queen.

    lining

    English

    (Product lining) (Brake lining)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering for the inside surface of something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
  • *
  • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
  • The material used for such a covering.
  • The act of attaching such a covering.
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