Acting vs Being - What's the difference?
acting | being |
Temporarily]] assuming the [[duty, duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
An intended action or deed.
Pretending.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(legal) The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions.
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
As verbs the difference between acting and being
is that acting is while being is .As nouns the difference between acting and being
is that acting is an intended action or deed while being is a living creature.As an adjective acting
is temporarily]] assuming the [[duty|duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.As a conjunction being is
(obsolete) given that; since.acting
English
Adjective
(-)- The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.
- Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)being
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].