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Kiss vs Pecking - What's the difference?

kiss | pecking |

As verbs the difference between kiss and pecking

is that kiss is to touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting while pecking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between kiss and pecking

is that kiss is a touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting while pecking is the act by which something is pecked.

As a phrase KISS

is acronym of Keep it simple stupid|lang=en.

kiss

English

Verb

(es)
  • (lb) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:Hekissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
  • (lb) To touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
  • :
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.
  • * (1809-1892)
  • *:Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss .
  • (lb) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
  • (lb) To mark a cross (X) after one's name on a card, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * to kiss each other (3) * to kiss one another (3) * See also

    Noun

    (es)
  • A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
  • An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
  • A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See (w, Hershey's Kisses).

    • Derived terms

    * ass kissing * blow a kiss * French kiss * good night kiss * kiss and cry * kiss and make up * kiss ass, kiss-ass * kiss chase * kiss goodbye * kisser * kiss my ass/kiss my arse * kiss of death * kiss off * kiss of life * kissogram * kiss the gunner's daughter * kiss the hem of someone's garment * kiss-up * kiss up * soul kiss * tongue kiss

    See also

    * x * xo * xoxo * xoxoxo * xxx

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    pecking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * pecking order

    Noun

  • The act by which something is pecked.
    • the peckings of hungry chickens
  • The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.