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Ounding vs Hounding - What's the difference?

ounding | hounding |

As nouns the difference between ounding and hounding

is that ounding is (obsolete) waving while hounding is pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.

As a verb hounding is

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ounding

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) waving
    • Ounding , paling, winding, or bending of cloth. — Chaucer.
    (Webster 1913)

    hounding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
  • *2011 , "Embraceable you", The Economist , 30 Jul 2011:
  • *:Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.
  • (nautical) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
    • (Webster 1913)