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Belongings vs Things - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between belongings and things

is that belongings is ; possessions or personal items while things is .

belongings

English

Noun

(head)
  • ; possessions or personal items.
  • * You may leave your belongings in the cloakroom

    • Usage notes

    * Usually limited to tangible personal property, that is, excluding real estate and financial assets other than currency.

    Synonyms

    * (personal items) personal effects * See also

    things

    English

    (wikipedia things)

    Noun

    (head)
  • One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
    • Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things.'' —Louise Fitzhugh, ''Harriet the Spy (1964)

    Synonyms

    * stuff

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