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According vs Relating - What's the difference?

according | relating |

As verbs the difference between according and relating

is that according is while relating is .

As an adjective according

is agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

As an adverb according

is (obsolete) accordingly; correspondingly.

As a noun relating is

the act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.

according

English

Verb

(head)
    • Mind and soul according well. -

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
    • This according voice of national wisdom.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
  • * 1604 , (William Shakespeare), Measure for Measure , V.i:
    • That apprehends no further than this world, / And squarest thy life according .
  • Consistently (as); in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives).
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.20:
    • Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.
  • In accordance, in a manner consistent (to) (something).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • there was only a frightening silence, unenlivened even by the invidious enquiries of former years, which culminated, according to its stern nature, in a still more frightening old woman, a figure awaiting her on the very doorstep.

    Derived terms

    * according to * according as

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    relating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Such a dynamic, biological concept of consciousness as reflecting ever-shifting 'global mappings' in the brain, ceaseless relatings of current perceptions to past mappings, has been articulated with great force recently, by Gerald Edelman.
  • * 2008 , Stephen Kemmis, Tracey J. Smith, Enabling praxis: challenges for education
    • What makes a complex practice like education or medicine distinctive is the content of sayings, doings and relatings characteristic of the practice

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