Wetting vs Setting - What's the difference?
wetting | setting |
The act of making something wet.
* 1838 , George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
The act of accidental urination on or in something.
That makes (something) wet.
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
The act of setting.
A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
Hunting with a setter.
Something set in, or inserted.
* Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17
A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
*Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
*Bach's setting of the Magnificat
As verbs the difference between wetting and setting
is that wetting is present participle of lang=en while setting is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between wetting and setting
is that wetting is the act of making something wet while setting is the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.As adjectives the difference between wetting and setting
is that wetting is that makes (something) wet while setting is that disappears below the horizon.wetting
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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
Derived terms
* bedwettingAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* wetting agentsetting
English
(wikipedia setting)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the setting of the sun
- the setting , or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
- the volume setting on a television
- Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.