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Thinning vs Narrowing - What's the difference?

thinning | narrowing |

As verbs the difference between thinning and narrowing

is that thinning is while narrowing is .

As a noun narrowing is

the part of a stocking that is narrowed.

thinning

English

Verb

(head)

    • narrowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
  • * 1858 , Margaret Maria Gordon, Household economy (page 60)
    • It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings , should be, at the least'', equal to ''twice the width of the top...