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Pinging vs Ringing - What's the difference?

pinging | ringing |

As verbs the difference between pinging and ringing

is that pinging is present participle of lang=en while ringing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between pinging and ringing

is that pinging is the sound of a ping while ringing is the sound of ringing.

As an adjective ringing is

loud and clear.

pinging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a ping.
  • * 1870 , Sir John William Kaye, A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858 (volume 2, page 320)
    • walking across the open in stern composure, with the pingings of the hostile bullets, and the imploring cries of his comrades to save himself, sounding in his ears.
  • * 2011 , Ramona DeFelice Long, Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (page 202)
    • When she entered, her eyes and ears were assaulted by neon lights in bright colors, the hypnotic, musical pingings of electronic slot and poker machines, and the clinking of coins dropping into payout trays.
  • The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.

    • ringing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of ringing.
  • The quality of being resonant.
  • A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.

    • Synonyms

    * (technique used in the study of birds) banding

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Loud and clear.
  • Made forcefully; powerful.

    • Verb

    (head)

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