The difference between Rosary and Scalding
When used as nouns, rosary means prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the roman catholic marian prayer "hail mary" (ave maria), whereas scalding means an instance of scalding: a burn.
Scalding is also adjective with the meaning: hot enough to burn.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rosary and Scalding
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Rosary as a noun:
Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)
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Rosary as a noun:
A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
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Rosary as a noun:
A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
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Rosary as a noun (historical, _, numismatics):
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of , at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
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Rosary as a noun:
A rose garden.
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Scalding as an adjective (of a liquid):
Hot enough to burn.
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Scalding as a verb:
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Scalding as a noun:
An instance of scalding: a burn.
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Scalding as a noun (numismatics, historical):
, the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.