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Wagering vs Betting - What's the difference?

wagering | betting |

As verbs the difference between wagering and betting

is that wagering is present participle of wager while betting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wagering and betting

is that wagering is an amount wagered while betting is the act of placing a bet.

As an adjective betting is

describing one who bets or gambles.

wagering

English

Verb

(head)
    • He has been wagering half his wages weekly. (progressive)
    Certain wagering individuals would profit from the outcome. (adjectival)
    Carelessly wagering his allowance led him to ruin. (gerund)
    His repeated wagerings of his allowances led him to ruin. (gerundial noun)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount wagered.

    • betting

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Describing one who bets or gambles.
    • If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of placing a bet.
  • * Jesse O. McKee, The Choctaw
    • Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground.

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