Quelling vs Duelling - What's the difference?
quelling | duelling |
The act by which something is quelled.
* Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
As verbs the difference between quelling and duelling
is that quelling is present participle of quell while duelling is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between quelling and duelling
is that quelling is the act by which something is quelled while duelling is act of taking part in a duel.As an adjective quelling
is causing something to quell or be quelled.quelling
English
Verb
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(en noun)- There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.