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Vining vs Mining - What's the difference?

vining | mining |

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.

vining

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Growing in the manner of a vine; twisting and entwining.
  • Derived terms

    * vining pea

    Noun

    (-)
  • The action of the verb to .
  • mining

    English

    Noun

  • (senseid) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
  • gold mining
  • (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
  • His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
  • * (Jonathan Swift)
  • 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.
  • (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
  • Derived terms

    * defensive mining * offensive mining * open-pit mining * strip-mining * surface mining

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * data mining