different between coasting vs roasting

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English rostyng; equivalent to roast +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o?st??/

Verb

roasting

1. present participle of roast
   • 1922, "The Bride's Cookery Primer", Good Housekeeping, Volume 74, page 66

     Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.

Adjective

roasting (comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting)

1. (colloquial) Very hot.

   The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.

Noun

roasting (plural roastings)

1. The act by which something is roasted.
   • 1885, Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting (page 15)

     These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings […]
2. (colloquial) A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).

   My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.

Anagrams

• Gorstian, atrogins, organist, signator, strong AI, tragions