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Sparking vs Sparing - What's the difference?

sparking | sparing |

As verbs the difference between sparking and sparing

is that sparking is while sparing is .

As a noun sparking

is the act of producing a spark.

As an adjective sparing is

prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

sparking

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of producing a spark.
  • * 2013 , Marcel Theroux, Strange Bodies
  • The tremor in my left hand is like the ominous grating note of a failing engine. I am growing weaker daily. What is this testimony but the collateral sparkings of a dying consciousness?

    sparing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal
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