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Belonging vs Pertinence - What's the difference?

belonging | pertinence |

As nouns the difference between belonging and pertinence

is that belonging is (uncountable) the action of the verb to belong while pertinence is the quality of being pertinent.

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

    pertinence

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being pertinent.

    • See also

    * pertinency ----