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Suing vs Firing - What's the difference?

suing | firing |

As verbs the difference between suing and firing

is that suing is while firing is .

As nouns the difference between suing and firing

is that suing is the act of one who sues for something while firing is the process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.

suing

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

  • The act of one who sues for something.
  • * Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • (obsolete) The process of soaking through anything.
  • * (Francis Bacon)
    • In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.
    (Webster 1913)

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    firing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
  • The fuel for a fire.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
    • No more dams I'll make for fish; / Nor fetch in firing / At requiring [...]
  • The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
  • The dismissal of someone from a job.

    • Verb

    (head)