Waisting vs. Wasting

Waistingnoun

That which goes at the waist (of a person, as on a garment, or of an object).

Waistingnoun

A failure in mechanical testing, where part of the testpiece becomes narrow.

Wastingadjective

Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Wastingnoun

Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

Wastingnoun

The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Wastingadjective

Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Wastingnoun

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

Wastingnoun

a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

Wasting

In medicine, wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to away. Wasting is sometimes referred to as because it is believed that episodes of wasting have a short duration, in contrast to stunting, which is regarded as chronic malnutrition.