# battling vs bawling

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### battling
*noun · frequency rank #11,343*
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.

### bawling
*verb · frequency rank #38,749*
present participle and gerund of bawl

## Source
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