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Steeping vs Stepping - What's the difference?

steeping | stepping |

As verbs the difference between steeping and stepping

is that steeping is present participle of lang=en while stepping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between steeping and stepping

is that steeping is the act by which something is steeped while stepping is the act of taking a step.

steeping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is steeped.
  • * 1838 , George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
    • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings

    stepping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of taking a step.
  • * 2005 , Miriandra Rota, Pathways and Parables for a Changing World (page 263)
    • In the steppings of my feet, you are always my mother.

    Derived terms

    * stepping motor * stepping stone * stepping switch