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Terms vs Sponging - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and sponging

is that terms is while sponging is the application of a sponge.

As a verb sponging is

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terms

English

Noun

(head)

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    sponging

    English

    (wikipedia sponging)

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1883:' '' – I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, ' sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of a sponge.
  • * 1815 , William Shearman, New Medical and Physical Journal
    • I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.