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Staring vs Staving - What's the difference?

staring | staving |

As verbs the difference between staring and staving

is that staring is while staving is .

As nouns the difference between staring and staving

is that staring is the act of one who stares while staving is a casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.

staring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who stares.
  • * (Herman Melville), Pierre
    • Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space

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    staving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.