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Toothing vs Teething - What's the difference?

toothing | teething |

As nouns the difference between toothing and teething

is that toothing is the act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth while teething is the eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.

As a verb teething is

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toothing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
  • (construction) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.

    • Related terms

    * toothing plane (Webster 1913)

    teething

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia teething)
  • The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
  • * 2009 , Katie Van Dyke, Unlikely Truths of Motherhood
    • But with night feedings and night teethings , often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue.

    Derived terms

    * teething ring * teething problems * teething troubles

    Verb

    (head)