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Allowing vs Deserving - What's the difference?

allowing | deserving |

As verbs the difference between allowing and deserving

is that allowing is while deserving is .

As an adjective deserving is

worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.

As a noun deserving is

desert, merit.

allowing

English

Verb

(head)

    • deserving

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
    • the deserving poor
  • meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)

    • Antonyms

    * undeserving

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • desert, merit
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • A person of great deservings from the republic.

    Verb

    (head)