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Toing vs Ing - What's the difference?

toing | ing |

As a proper noun ing is

shortened from inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like ing-britt and ing-marie.

toing

Not English

Toing has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'toing':

thing, twang, thong, tong, tang, tung, thang, tying, towing, ting, tawing, toying, teeing, toeing, tieing, teaing, tewing

ing

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A water meadow

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Etymology 2

    : From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the ng sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

    Anagrams

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