Vining vs Mining - What's the difference?
vining | mining |
(senseid) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
(figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
* (Jonathan Swift)
(military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
As verbs the difference between vining and mining
is that vining is while mining is .As nouns the difference between vining and mining
is that vining is the action of the verb to while mining is (senseid) the activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.As an adjective vining
is growing in the manner of a vine; twisting and entwining.mining
English
Noun
- gold mining
- His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.