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Mounting vs Starling - What's the difference?

mounting | starling |

As an adjective mounting

is that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.

As a verb mounting

is .

As a noun mounting

is something mounted; an attachment.

As a proper noun starling is

from a nickname for a gregarious person.

mounting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.
    • mounting debts

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something mounted; an attachment.
  • The act of one who mounts.
  • * 1834 , John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales
    • The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.

    starling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
  • # The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris , which has dark, iridescent plumage.
  • A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
  • A California fish, the .

    • Derived terms

    * (l)