different between casting vs coasting

English

Pronunciation

• (General American): enPR: k?st??ng, IPA^(key): /?kæst??/
• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: käst??ng, IPA^(key): /?k??st??/
• (Northern England): IPA^(key): /?kast??/
• (NYC): IPA^(key): /?k??st??/
• Rhymes: -??st??
• Hyphenation: cast?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast +? -ing.

Verb

casting

1. present participle of cast

Etymology 2

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast +? -ing.

Noun

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
3. An object made in a mold.
4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6. (programming) The act of converting between data types.
7. (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.

Synonyms

• (selection of performers): audition

Derived terms

• leafcasting
• ray casting

Translations

Anagrams

• actings

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ti?/

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Further reading

• “casting” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Noun

casting m (invariable)

1. casting (selection of actors)

Polish

Alternative forms

• kasting

Etymology

From English casting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.stink/

Noun

casting m inan

1. casting (selection of performers)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) castingowy

Further reading

• casting in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• casting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

1. Alternative form of cásting

English

Verb

coasting

1. present participle of coast

Noun

coasting (countable and uncountable, plural coastings)

1. The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
   • 1772, A Select Collection of Letters of the Late Reverend George Whitefield (page 390)

     Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.

2. The act of an already moving vehicle rolling along without use of power for a short distance.

Anagrams

• Costigan, agnostic, angio-CTs, coatings, cotingas, scoating