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Throwing vs Pelting - What's the difference?

throwing | pelting |

As verbs the difference between throwing and pelting

is that throwing is present participle of lang=en while pelting is present participle of pelt.

As nouns the difference between throwing and pelting

is that throwing is the act by which something is thrown while pelting is the act by which somebody or something is pelted.

As an adjective pelting is

mean; paltry.

throwing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is thrown.
  • * 1909 , Booth Tarkington, Beasley's Christmas Party
  • The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

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    pelting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mean; paltry
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
  • * 1830 , Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)
    • the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.
    (Webster 1913)