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Swingeing vs Swinge - What's the difference?

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Swingeing is a related term of swinge.


In context|archaic|lang=en terms the difference between swingeing and swinge

is that swingeing is (archaic) while swinge is (archaic) a swinging blow.

As verbs the difference between swingeing and swinge

is that swingeing is (archaic) while swinge is (obsolete) to singe.

As an adjective swingeing

is (british) large, immense.

As a noun swinge is

(archaic) a swinging blow.

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

    swinge

    English

    Verb

    (d)
  • (obsolete) To singe.
  • (Spenser)
  • (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
  • * Milton
  • Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
  • (archaic) To strike hard.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I had swinged him soundly.
  • * C. Dryden
  • And swinges his own vices in his son.
  • * Aphra Behn (1640-89) The Feigned Courtesans . This edition: (The plays of) Aphra Behn. Oxford University press 2000. p.233. ISBN 0192834517
  • Sir Feeble: Tis jelousy, the old worm that bites. [To Sir Cautious] Whom is it that you suspect.
    Sir Cautious: Alas I know not whom to suspect, I would I did; but if you discover him, I would swinge him.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A swinging blow.
  • (obsolete) Power; sway; influence.
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