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Sapping vs Supping - What's the difference?

sapping | supping |

As verbs the difference between sapping and supping

is that sapping is while supping is .

As nouns the difference between sapping and supping

is that sapping is the act by which something is sapped or depleted while supping is the act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

sapping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
  • * (Joseph Story)
    • [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.

    supping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
  • (obsolete) That which is supped; broth.
    • (Holland)
    (Webster 1913)