different between sneezing vs errhine

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sneezing

sneezing (countable and uncountable, plural sneezings)

The act of producing a sneeze.
- 2011, John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin
  He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]

From Latin errh?num, from Ancient Greek ??????? (érrhinon), from ?? (en, “in”) + ??? (rhís, “nostril”).

errhine (comparative more errhine, superlative most errhine)

(medicine, rare) Causing an increase in mucus within the nose, and hence causing one to sneeze.

errhine (plural errhines)

(medicine, uncommon) A medicine applied inside the nose to increase the production of mucus, and hence sneezing.

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