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Westing vs Wetting - What's the difference?

westing | wetting |

As nouns the difference between westing and wetting

is that westing is a distance west of a datum line on a map or chart while wetting is the act of making something wet.

As a verb wetting is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective wetting is

that makes (something) wet.

westing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart
  • (nautical) A distance travelled westward
  • Anagrams

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    wetting

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making something wet.
  • * 1838 , George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
  • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings
  • The act of accidental urination on or in something.
  • Derived terms

    * bedwetting

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That makes (something) wet.
  • Derived terms

    * wetting agent