# dabbling vs doubling

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dabbling
*noun · frequency rank #47,005*
An act in which something is dabbled in

### doubling
*noun · frequency rank #12,761*
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two.

## Source
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