Retention vs Whethering - What's the difference?
retention | whethering |
The act of retaining or something retained
* 1599 , , II. iv. 95:
The act or power of remembering things
A memory; what is retained in the mind
(medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
(obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
(obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
* 1599 , , V. i. 79:
(obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
(legal) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
(obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
In obsolete terms the difference between retention and whethering
is that retention is a place of custody or confinement while whethering is the retention of the afterbirth in cows.As nouns the difference between retention and whethering
is that retention is the act of retaining or something retained while whethering is the retention of the afterbirth in cows.retention
English
(wikipedia retention)Noun
(en noun)- No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .
- (Shakespeare)
- His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
- (Erskine)
- (Craig)
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*whethering
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Noun
(-)- (Gardner)