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Putting vs Outing - What's the difference?

putting | outing |

As verbs the difference between putting and outing

is that putting is or putting can be (golf) while outing is .

As nouns the difference between putting and outing

is that putting is (obsolete) instigation or incitement; enticement or putting can be (golf) the action of the verb to putt while outing is a pleasure trip or excursion.

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

    outing

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia outing) (en noun)
  • A pleasure trip or excursion.
  • The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual without that person's consent.
  • An appearance to perform in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
  • * 2012 , BBC News: Daniel Radcliffe defends casting as poet Allen Ginsberg [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16652271]:
    • The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise.

    Verb

    (head)