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Ripening vs Rotting - What's the difference?

ripening | rotting |

As nouns the difference between ripening and rotting

is that ripening is the process of becoming ripe while rotting is the process by which something rots.

As verbs the difference between ripening and rotting

is that ripening is present participle of lang= en while rotting is present participle of lang=en.

ripening

English

(wikipedia ripening)

Noun

  • The process of becoming ripe.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    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.