ageing vs aging

ageing

Definitions

adjective

  1. growing old

noun

  1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
  2. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

Examples

The channel's viewership is ageing, and attempts to attract younger watchers have yet to bear fruit.

It has a natural affinity with oak ageing, and yet it can be fresh and light.

At the beginning, Asked For is in Venice with her father, where she meets an ageing Jacob to use the English version of his name Casanova; her father dies, and she begins to travel with the man who fascinates her.

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aging

Definitions

adjective

  1. growing old

noun

  1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
  2. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

Examples

Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.

I admire the inventiveness, and while not everything is a raging success, there's a lot to like.

A third-party group headed by a GOP operative is out with a new Nevada ad spot encouraging Latinos in the state not to cast votes in this year's midterm elections.

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