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Appreciating vs Accepting - What's the difference?

appreciating | accepting |

As verbs the difference between appreciating and accepting

is that appreciating is while accepting is .

As adjectives the difference between appreciating and accepting

is that appreciating is appreciative: having or showing appreciation while accepting is characterized by acceptance.

As a noun appreciating

is appreciation.

appreciating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • appreciation
  • * 2005 , Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right (page 238)
    • There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.

    accepting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by acceptance.

    • Derived terms

    * acceptingly