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Tearful vs Tearing - What's the difference?

tearful | tearing |

As adjectives the difference between tearful and tearing

is that tearful is accompanied by tears while tearing is very hasty.

As a verb tearing is

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As a noun tearing is

the act by which something is torn; a laceration or tearing can be (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora.

tearful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • accompanied by tears.
    • Aaron was a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
  • sorrowful.

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    tearing

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • very hasty
    • a tearing hurry

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  • (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  • * 2003 , David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics (page 303)
    • Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

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