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Witting vs Witing - What's the difference?

witting | witing |

As nouns the difference between witting and witing

is that witting is knowledge, awareness while witing is obsolete spelling of witting.

As verbs the difference between witting and witing

is that witting is present participle of lang=en while witing is present participle of wite.

As an adjective witting

is aware, knowledgable.

witting

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) vitand, partly from the present participle of (wit).

Noun

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  • (obsolete) Knowledge, awareness.
  • * Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Prologue’ ll. 648-9, Canterbury Tales , Oxford 1988, p. 113:
  • for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng , he forsook hire eke.

    Etymology 2

    Participle adjective of wit.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • aware, knowledgable
  • Antonyms
    * unwitting

    Verb

    (head)
  • witing

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Verb

    (head)
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