Sucking vs. Suckling

Suckingnoun

An act of sucking.

Suckingnoun

A sound or motion that sucks.

Suckingadjective

(archaic) Still nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.

Suckingadjective

Young and inexperienced.

Suckingadjective

Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.

Suckingnoun

the act of sucking

Sucklingnoun

An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.

Sucklingnoun

A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.

Sucklingnoun

A young child or animal nursed at the breast.

Sucklingnoun

A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.

Sucklingnoun

English poet and courtier (1609-1642)

Sucklingnoun

an infant considered in relation to its nurse

Sucklingnoun

a young mammal that has not been weaned

Sucklingnoun

feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast