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Retting vs Rotting - What's the difference?

retting | rotting |

Rotting is a synonym of retting.



As nouns the difference between retting and rotting

is that retting is the act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes while rotting is the process by which something rots.

As a verb rotting is

present participle of lang=en.

retting

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
    • (Ure)
  • A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
    • (Ure)

    Synonyms

    * (preparation of flax) rotting (Webster 1913)

    rotting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which something rots.
  • * 1686 , Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire (page 214)
    • the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.
  • Material that has rotted.
  • * , Possum
    • From the compost rinds and rottings , from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.