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Sparking vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

sparking | sparkling |

As verbs the difference between sparking and sparkling

is that sparking is present participle of lang=en while sparkling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sparking and sparkling

is that sparking is the act of producing a spark while sparkling is act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

As an adjective sparkling is

of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

sparking

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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?

    sparkling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  • Brilliant and vivacious.
  • * '>citation

    • Synonyms

    * glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

    Antonyms

    * (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  • * Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
    • Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
  • A sparkling wine.
  • * 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
    • Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.