Dying vs. Dyeing

Dying vs. Dyeing — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dying and Dyeing

Dyingadjective

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!dying fire

Dyeingverb

present participle of dye

Dyingadjective

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

Dyeingnoun

The act by which something is dyed.

Dyingadjective

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

His dying words were of his mother.until my dying dayhis dying bed

Dyeingnoun

the use of dye to change the color of something permanently

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Dyingnoun

The process of approaching death; or, less precisely, death itself.

Dyingnoun

(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

Dyingverb

present participle of die

Dyingverb

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Dyingnoun

the time when something ends;

it was the death of all his plansa dying of old hopes

Dyingadjective

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be;

a dying manhis dying wisha dying firea dying civilization
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Dyingadjective

eagerly desirous;

anxious to see the new show at the museumdying to hear who won