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Benefitted vs Benefiting - What's the difference?

benefitted | benefiting |

As verbs the difference between benefitted and benefiting

is that benefitted is (benefit) while benefiting is .

benefitted

English

Alternative forms

* benefited

Verb

(head)
  • (benefit)

    • Usage notes

    * Only verbs derived from (fit) have the present participle and past spelled with double "t". Verbs otherwise derived, like (benefit), (profit), and (discomfit) have present participle and past spelled with a single "t". More than 10% of the occurrences of these forms are spelled with a double "tt" in edited works in the US, fewer in the UK. Dictionaries do not recognize the double-"t" spelling, despite its persistence for at least 200 years in the US.

    benefiting

    English

    Verb

    (head)