different between rotting vs decompose

English

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot +? -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).

Verb

rotting

1. present participle of rot

Noun

rotting (plural rottings)

1. The process by which something rots.
   • 1686, Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire (page 214)

     […] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.

2. Material that has rotted.
   • c. 2009, Janice N. Harrington, Possum

     From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.

Related terms

• rottingness

Anagrams

• Gritton

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch rotting, rotan, from Malay rotang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²r?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??

Noun

rotting c

1. any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus; rattan
2. (uncountable) the plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.; rattan
3. (by extension) a cane made from this material; rattan

Declension

References

• rotting in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- +? compose.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?"k?m-p?z', IPA^(key): /?di?k?m?p??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

decompose (third-person singular simple present decomposes, present participle decomposing, simple past and past participle decomposed)

1. (transitive) to separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment
2. (intransitive) to rot, decay or putrefy

Derived terms

• decomposer
• photodecompose
• decomposition

Antonyms

• assemble

Translations

Italian

Verb

decompose

1. third-person singular past historic of decomporre