Widening vs Swelling - What's the difference?
widening | swelling | Related terms |
Of things that are growing wider.
Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer; The action of the verb widen.
* 1887 — , Olalla
The state of being swollen.
* {{quote-book
, year= a1420
, year_published= 1894
, author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056
, by= (Lanfranc of Milan)
, title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."
, url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63
, original=
, chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone
, section=
, isbn= 1163911380
, edition=
, publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co
, location= London
, editor= Robert von Fleischhacker
, volume=
, page= 63
, passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge ; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
}}
Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
Widening is a related term of swelling.
As nouns the difference between widening and swelling
is that widening is the action of the verb widen while swelling is the state of being swollen.As verbs the difference between widening and swelling
is that widening is while swelling is .As an adjective widening
is of things that are growing wider.widening
English
Adjective
(-)- The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.
Quotations
* 1920 — *: Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Noun
(en noun)- She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.