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Swingeing vs Swinging - What's the difference?

swingeing | swinging |

As verbs the difference between swingeing and swinging

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

As adjectives the difference between swingeing and swinging

is that swingeing is large, immense while swinging is fine, good, successful.

As a noun swinging is

the act or motion of that which swings.

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

    swinging

    English

    (wikipedia swinging)

    Noun

  • The act or motion of that which swings.
  • * 1973 , Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)
    • Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism
  • An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Fine, good, successful.
    • The party was swinging .