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Nesting vs Jesting - What's the difference?

nesting | jesting |

As verbs the difference between nesting and jesting

is that nesting is while jesting is .

As nouns the difference between nesting and jesting

is that nesting is the process by which a bird nests while jesting is joking.

As an adjective jesting is

facetious.

nesting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which a bird nests.
  • (computing) The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.

    • Anagrams

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    jesting

    English

    Noun

  • joking
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .
  • bantering; ridicule
  • mocking

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • facetious
  • humorous
  • * Macaulay
    • He will find that these are no jesting matters.
  • playful; mocking
  • jeering

    • Verb

    (head)