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Regarding vs Asper - What's the difference?

regarding | asper |

As nouns the difference between regarding and asper

is that regarding is the act by which something is regarded or observed while asper is rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

As a verb regarding

is present participle of lang=en.

As a preposition regarding

is concerning, respecting.

As an adjective asper is

rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

regarding

English

Verb

(head)
  • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Concerning, respecting.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is regarded or observed.
  • * Pope Gregory I, Morals on the Book of Job
  • God Invisible by the assumption of His Manhood was laid open to the regardings of our sight.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
  • asper

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) aspre (modern .

    Alternative forms

    * aspre

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • An asper sound.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (phonetics) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) aspre or (etyl) aspro, both from (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * aspron

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
  • * , I.40:
  • And for ten Aspers you shall daily finde some amongst them, that will give themselves a deepe gash with a Scimitarie, either in their armes or thighes.

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