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Stoning vs Atoning - What's the difference?

stoning | atoning |

As verbs the difference between stoning and atoning

is that stoning is present participle of stone while atoning is present participle of atone.

As a noun stoning

is lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death.

stoning

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  • Lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 14, Nazila Fathi, Iran Says U.S. Helped Finance Overthrow Plot, New York Times citation
    • , passage=The stonings came as something of a surprise, in that Iranian officials had said they had suspended that method of execution. }}

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    atoning

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