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Waist vs Waisting - What's the difference?

waist | waisting |

As nouns the difference between waist and waisting

is that waist is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach while waisting is that which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).

waist

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  • A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
  • The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
  • The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
  • (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
  • * 1851 ,
    • There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist .

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from waist) * pantywaist * waistband * waistcoat * waistless * waistline

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    waisting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).
    • The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.
  • A failure in mechanical testing, where part of the testpiece becomes narrow.

    • Usage notes

    * Often a misspelling of wasting