different between thawing vs melting

English

Etymology

thaw +? -ing

Verb

thawing

1. present participle of thaw

Noun

thawing (plural thawings)

1. The process by which something thaws.
   • 1829, James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York

     Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings. The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?lt??/
• Rhymes: -?lt??

Verb

melting

1. present participle of melt

Adjective

melting (comparative more melting, superlative most melting)

1. Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
2. Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, I.i:

     What guards the purities of melting maids, / In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades [...]?

3. That causes one to melt with emotion; able to make others feel tender and emotional.

Translations

Noun

melting (plural meltings)

1. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
2. (figuratively) The act of softening or mitigating.

Translations

Icelandic

Etymology

From melta (“to digest”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?ti?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti?k

Noun

melting f (genitive singular meltingar, no plural)

1. digestion

Declension

Derived terms

• meltingarfæri