Addition vs Embracing - What's the difference?
addition | embracing | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
Anything that is added.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
The act of giving an embrace.
* 1849 , Charles Frederick Briggs, Holden's Dollar Magazine (volumes 3-4, page 240)
Addition is a synonym of embracing.
As nouns the difference between addition and embracing
is that addition is addition while embracing is the act of giving an embrace.As a verb embracing is
.addition
English
(wikipedia addition)Noun
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
See also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividendSynonyms
* (act of adding) adding, annexation, inclusion * (thing added) extraAntonyms
* reductionSee also
* plus sign ()References
* ----embracing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Ay, in so doing you will but voluntarily throw yourself into her arms, and, with fond embracings , proclaim yourself a willing servant; do not, in the wild endeavor to win fame, strive to crush her power!