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Monkish vs Monking - What's the difference?

monkish | monking |

As adjectives the difference between monkish and monking

is that monkish is pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism while monking is monkish.

As a noun monking is

(uncountable) the work or life of a monk.

monkish

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism.
  • Tending to self-denial; ascetic.

    • Derived terms

    * monkishly * monkishness

    monking

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The work or life of a monk
  • (countable) monkfish

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • monkish
    • (Coleridge)