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Belonging vs Inclusion - What's the difference?

belonging | inclusion |

As nouns the difference between belonging and inclusion

is that belonging is (uncountable) the action of the verb to belong while inclusion is inclusion.

As a verb belonging

is .

belonging

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to belong .
  • I have a feeling of belonging in London.
    A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
  • (countable) (almost always used in the plural ) Something physical that is owned.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thyself and thy belongings .
    Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.
  • (colloquial, dated) family; relations; household
  • * Thackeray
  • Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.

    Synonyms

    * (something physical that is owned) possession, thing

    inclusion

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enclusion

    Noun

  • (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
  • The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.
  • (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
  • The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.
  • (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material,
  • (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
  • Antonyms

    * exclusion

    See also

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