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Riding vs Biding - What's the difference?

riding | biding |

As verbs the difference between riding and biding

is that riding is present participle of lang=en while biding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between riding and biding

is that riding is a path cut through woodland while biding is an awaiting; expectation.

riding

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • A path cut through woodland.
  • The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
  • * 1853 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe (volume 1, page 95)
    • I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings , and shootings, and boatings.
  • (obsolete) A festival procession.
    • (Chaucer)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) * (wikipedia riding)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Historically]], one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern [[county, counties of England.
  • (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.

    • Derived terms

    * (Canada) riding association

    See also

    * wapentake

    Anagrams

    *

    biding

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) biding, bydyng, equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An awaiting; expectation.
  • *2007 , Debrena Jackson Gandy, All the Joy You Can Stand :
    • I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter.
  • (archaic) Residence; habitation
  • * Hakluyt
    • They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harbour.
  • *1776 , Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore :
    • At Antwerp has my constant biding been, [...]

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)