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Setting vs Sexting - What's the difference?

setting | sexting |

As verbs the difference between setting and sexting

is that setting is present participle of lang=en while sexting is present participle of sext.

As nouns the difference between setting and sexting

is that setting is the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario while sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit text messages and/or photographs between cell phones.

As an adjective setting

is that disappears below the horizon.

setting

English

(wikipedia setting)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
  • The act of setting.
    • the setting of the sun
    the setting , or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
  • A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
  • A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
    • the volume setting on a television
  • The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
  • Hunting with a setter.
  • Something set in, or inserted.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17
    • Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.
  • A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
  • *Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
  • *Bach's setting of the Magnificat

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that disappears below the horizon

    • Anagrams

    *

    sexting

    English

    (wikipedia sexting)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of sending sexually explicit text messages and/or photographs between cell phones.
  • * 2009 , Annalisa Barbieri, "You don't know what sexting is?", The Guardian , 7 Aug 2009:
    • There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications that sexting can have.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Usage notes

    The verb (term) is most often used in the form (sexting).

    Coordinate terms

    * textual harassment * textual intercourse