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Sparing vs Spearing - What's the difference?

sparing | spearing |

As verbs the difference between sparing and spearing

is that sparing is present participle of lang=en while spearing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective sparing

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

As a noun spearing is

the stabbing of something with a spear.

sparing

English

Adjective

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

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    spearing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The stabbing of something with a spear.
  • * 2011 , Cynthia J. Moss, Harvey Croze, Phyllis C. Lee, The Amboseli Elephants: A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal (page 297)
    • These spearings were not related to livestock killed but to young boys trying to prove their bravery.