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Belonging vs Membership - What's the difference?

belonging | membership |

As nouns the difference between belonging and membership

is that belonging is (uncountable) the action of the verb to belong while membership is the state of being a member of a group or organization.

As a verb belonging

is .

belonging

English

(wikipedia 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

    membership

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being a member of a group or organization.
    • He has memberships in clubs in three cities.
  • The body of members of an organization.
    • The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.
  • (set theory) The fact of being a member of a set.

    • Derived terms

    * membership card * membership function