Weening vs. Weaning — What's the Difference?

Weening is a surname.

Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant human or another mammal to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk. The process takes place only in mammals, as only mammals produce milk.

To think; suppose.

To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling.

Presumption, imagination, supposition.

To detach gradually from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted

To accustom to something from an early age. Often used with on

Present participle of wean

The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment.

The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal