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Being vs Living - What's the difference?

being | living |

As verbs the difference between being and living

is that being is present participle of lang=en while living is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between being and living

is that being is a living creature while living is the state of being alive.

As a conjunction being

is given that; since.

As an adjective living is

having life.

being

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A living creature.
  • The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
  • (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.
    • (Wright)
  • * Steele
    • 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 being

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) Given that; since.
  • *, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
    • ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

    Derived terms

    * being that

    References

    * * * *

    See also

    * am * are * is * art * be * been * beest * was * wast * were * wert

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    living

    English

    (wikipedia living)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having life.
  • * :
    • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
  • In use or existing.
    • Hunanese is a living language.
  • Of everyday life.
    • These living conditions are deplorable.
  • True to life.
    • This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
    • He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

    Antonyms

    * dead * nonliving

    Derived terms

    * living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living will

    Related terms

    * live, life * alive

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  • Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
    • What do you do for a living ?
  • A style of life.
    • plain living
  • (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.

    • Derived terms

    * make a living

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