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Petting vs Pitting - What's the difference?

petting | pitting |

As verbs the difference between petting and pitting

is that petting is present participle of lang=en while pitting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between petting and pitting

is that petting is the act of stroking or fondling an animal while pitting is the formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.

petting

English

Verb

(head)
    • I am petting my rabbit

    Noun

  • The act of stroking or fondling an animal.
  • The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
  • The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
  • * Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
    • 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting , and ought to get it.'

    Derived terms

    * heavy petting

    See also

    * foreplay

    pitting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion