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Seizing vs Sizing - What's the difference?

seizing | sizing |

As verbs the difference between seizing and sizing

is that seizing is present participle of lang=en while sizing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between seizing and sizing

is that seizing is a type of lashing or binding by a small cord while sizing is a gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.

As an adjective seizing

is that seizes the attention; impressive.

seizing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a type of lashing or binding by a small cord
  • *1851 ,
  • *:Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!”
  • *:Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him.
  • # Such lashing used to temporarily immobilize the ends of a rope to prevent a knot from slipping or collapsing.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That seizes the attention; impressive.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 45:
  • *:It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.

    • sizing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
  • paste
  • (UK, Cambridge University, dated) food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student
  • A weak glue used in various trades; size.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • See also

    * sizing up