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Bidding vs Gambling - What's the difference?

bidding | gambling |

As verbs the difference between bidding and gambling

is that bidding is present participle of lang=en while gambling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between bidding and gambling

is that bidding is that which one is bidden to do; a command while gambling is an activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

bidding

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which one is bidden to do; a command.
  • * 1868 , Fulwar William Fowle, Sermons preached in the cathedral church of Salisbury (page 172)
  • Do their biddings , and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report."
  • The act of placing a bid.
  • * Rowland E. Prothero, English Farming, Past and Present (page 322)
  • Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.

    gambling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.
  • See also

    * game of chance