Biding vs Determination - What's the difference?
biding | determination |
An awaiting; expectation.
*2007 , Debrena Jackson Gandy, All the Joy You Can Stand :
(archaic) Residence; habitation
* Hakluyt
*1776 , Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore :
The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
(countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
(countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.
The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.
As nouns the difference between biding and determination
is that biding is an awaiting; expectation while determination is determination.As a verb biding
is .biding
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) biding, bydyng, equivalent to .Noun
(en noun)- I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter.
- They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harbour.
- At Antwerp has my constant biding been, [...]
