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Marrying vs Parrying - What's the difference?

marrying | parrying |

As verbs the difference between marrying and parrying

is that marrying is present participle of lang=en while parrying is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between marrying and parrying

is that marrying is a marriage while parrying is the act of one who parries.

marrying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marriage.
  • * 2003 , Diana Wynne Jones, The Crown of Dalemark (page 116)
    • After that there were marryings and intermarryings, the way there are, and Kredindale gets related to half the earls of the North.

    parrying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who parries.
  • * 1973 , Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel (page 253)
    • The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.