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Pelting vs Peating - What's the difference?

pelting | peating |

As nouns the difference between pelting and peating

is that pelting is the act by which somebody or something is pelted while peating is kilning over burning peat, a process used in whisky production to impart an earthy, smoky flavour.

As a verb pelting

is .

As an adjective pelting

is (obsolete) mean; paltry.

pelting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mean; paltry
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
  • * 1830 , Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)
    • the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.
    (Webster 1913)

    peating

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Kilning over burning peat, a process used in whisky production to impart an earthy, smoky flavour.

    • Related terms

    * peated, unpeated