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Aiming vs Having - What's the difference?

aiming | having |

As verbs the difference between aiming and having

is that aiming is while having is .

As nouns the difference between aiming and having

is that aiming is the act of one who aims while having is something owned; possession; goods; estate.

aiming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who aims.
  • * 1867 , William Hickman Smith Aubrey, The National and Domestic History of England
    • The aimings after the impossible, represented by the Uniformity Act of 1549, had failed

    having

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll lend you something; my having is not much.
  • * 1875 , Tennyson, Queen Mary
    • Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade,
    Your rights and charters hobnail' d into slush

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