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Penetration vs Putting - What's the difference?

penetration | putting |

As nouns the difference between penetration and putting

is that penetration is penetration while putting is (obsolete) instigation or incitement; enticement or putting can be (golf) the action of the verb to putt .

As a verb putting is

or putting can be (golf).

penetration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of penetrating something.
  • Any penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
  • Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
  • The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XVI:
  • my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration .
  • A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
  • Derived terms

    * double penetration * interpenetration

    putting

    English

    Etymology 1

    See put

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
  • * 1736 , Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ , page 353:
  • ...and then if there be a putting in fear al?o, the clergy is ou?ted in all the ca?es mentiond in this ?tatute.
  • The action or result of the verb put .
  • Etymology 2

    See putt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (golf)
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (golf) The action of the verb to putt .
  • (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    See also

    * (l) English heteronyms