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Quelling vs Quellung - What's the difference?

quelling | quellung |

As nouns the difference between quelling and quellung

is that quelling is the act by which something is quelled while quellung is the swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria.

As a verb quelling

is .

As an adjective quelling

is causing something to quell or be quelled.

quelling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is quelled.
  • * Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
    • 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.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing something to quell or be quelled

    • quellung

    English

    Noun

    (Quellung reaction) (en noun)
  • The swelling of the capsule of a bacterium; once used to identify the bacteria