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Swingeing vs Singeing - What's the difference?

swingeing | singeing |

As verbs the difference between swingeing and singeing

is that swingeing is present participle of lang=en while singeing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective swingeing

is large, immense.

swingeing

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) large, immense
  • powerful, scathing (a swingeing verbal attack )
  • * The Economist , June 16th 2012. "Special Report: The melting north", p. 4.
    • Perhaps not since the felling of America's vast forests ... has the world seen such a spectacular environmental change. The consequences for Arctic ecosystems will be swingeing .

    Synonyms

    * whopping

    singeing

    English

    Verb

    (head)