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Attending vs Training - What's the difference?

attending | training |

As nouns the difference between attending and training

is that attending is (us) a physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care while training is training.

As an adjective attending

is that.

As a verb attending

is .

attending

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That .
  • Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 11, author=, title=Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • training

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (-) (wikipedia training)
  • Action of the verb to train .
  • The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Stephen Ledoux , title=Behaviorism at 100 , volume=100, issue=1, page=60 , magazine= citation , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training .}}
  • The result of good social upbringing.
  • (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
  • (voice recognition ) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.
  • Usage notes

    The plural of training is very uncommon. Thus multiple training sessions are not referred to as "trainings", rather as "training sessions".

    Derived terms

    * training bra * training wheels