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Sponging vs Spunging - What's the difference?

sponging | spunging |

As verbs the difference between sponging and spunging

is that sponging is while spunging is .

As a noun sponging

is the application of a sponge.

sponging

English

(wikipedia sponging)

Verb

(head)
  • * 1883:' '' – I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, ' sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of a sponge.
  • * 1815 , William Shearman, New Medical and Physical Journal
    • I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.

    spunging

    English

    Verb

    (head)