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Ment vs Ing - What's the difference?

ment | ing |

As a verb ment

is past tense of meng.

As a noun ing is

a water meadow.

ment

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (meng)
  • ----

    meng

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • ----

    ing

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A water meadow
  • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Etymology 2

    : From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the ng sound in Pitman shorthand.
  • Anagrams

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