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Waning vs Fading - What's the difference?

waning | fading |

As nouns the difference between waning and fading

is that waning is the fact or act of becoming less or less intense while fading is the act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.

As verbs the difference between waning and fading

is that waning is while fading is .

As an adjective waning

is becoming weaker or smaller.

waning

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Becoming weaker or smaller.
    • his waning strength
  • Especially of the lunar phase as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
    • the waning moon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fact or act of becoming less or less intense.
    • the waning of her energy
  • The fact or act of becoming smaller.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings , and sometimes her eclipses.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * awning ----

    fading

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-10-19, volume=409, issue=8858, magazine=(The Economist), author=Banyan
    • , title= The meaning of Sachin , passage=With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.
  • * 1854 , (Herman Melville), (Israel Potter)
  • (obsolete) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Fading is a fine jig.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • delicate burthens of dildos and fadings
    (Webster 1913)