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Wading vs Wadding - What's the difference?

wading | wadding |

As verbs the difference between wading and wadding

is that wading is present participle of lang=en while wadding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wading and wadding

is that wading is the act of one who wades while wadding is wads collectively.

As an adjective wading

is appropriate to wade in.

As a proper noun Wadding is

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wading

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Appropriate to wade in.
    • The pool is too small for doing laps: it's only a wading pool.
  • Which wades.
    • Flamingos are wading birds.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who wades.
  • * (Charles Kingsley)

    • Anagrams

    *

    wadding

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (wikipedia wadding)
  • wads collectively
  • soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
  • *:She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)