Dying vs Nondying - What's the difference?
dying | nondying |
Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
(plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.
(nonstandard) )
Not dying.
* 1983 , Denise F Polit, Bernadette P Hungler, Nursing research: principles and methods
As adjectives the difference between dying and nondying
is that dying is approaching death; about to die; moribund while nondying is not dying.As a noun dying
is (plurale tantum) those who are currently expiring, moribund.As a verb dying
is or dying can be (nonstandard) ).dying
English
(wikipedia dying)Etymology 1
Adjective
(-)- The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
- dying fire
- In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
- His dying words were of his mother.
- until my dying day
- his dying bed
Antonyms
* nascentNoun
- The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*nondying
English
Adjective
(-)- The researchers hypothesized that nurses would spend less time with dying than nondying patients...