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Washing vs Moping - What's the difference?

washing | moping |

As nouns the difference between washing and moping

is that washing is (uncountable) the action of the verb to wash while moping is the act of one who mopes.

As verbs the difference between washing and moping

is that washing is while moping is .

washing

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to wash
  • (uncountable, chiefly, British, NZ) Clothing, bed linen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
  • * My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
  • (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
  • * The washings have a higher concentration of metal
  • The liquid used to wash an ore.
  • A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
    • the gold-washings''', or silver-'''washings

    Synonyms

    * (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)

    Verb

    (head)

    • moping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who mopes.
  • * 1966 , Carl Gustav Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (page 51)
    • He fell from one state of anxiety to the next and worried himself almost to death with hypochondriacal mopings .