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Mousing vs Musing - What's the difference?

mousing | musing |

As verbs the difference between mousing and musing

is that mousing is while musing is .

As nouns the difference between mousing and musing

is that mousing is the act of hunting mice while musing is thought, meditation, contemplation.

As adjectives the difference between mousing and musing

is that mousing is impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome while musing is absorbed in thought; contemplative.

mousing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of hunting mice.
  • (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.
  • A ratchet movement in a loom.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Mousing saints.
    (Webster 1913)

    musing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Absorbed in thought; contemplative

    • Synonyms

    * broody * pensive * reflective

    Derived terms

    * musingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • thought, meditation, contemplation
    • ''daydreaming or imaginative musings .
    ''