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Biding vs Binding - What's the difference?

biding | binding |

As nouns the difference between biding and binding

is that biding is an awaiting; expectation while binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

As verbs the difference between biding and binding

is that biding is present participle of lang=en while binding is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective binding is

assigning something that one will be held to.

biding

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) biding, bydyng, equivalent to .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An awaiting; expectation.
  • *2007 , Debrena Jackson Gandy, All the Joy You Can Stand :
    • I was biding time. And my biding was making me bitter.
  • (archaic) Residence; habitation
  • * Hakluyt
    • They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harbour.
  • *1776 , Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore :
    • At Antwerp has my constant biding been, [...]

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)

    • binding

    English

    (wikipedia binding)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
    • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.

    • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

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