Being vs Bing - What's the difference?
being | bing |
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
(slang): Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
(British) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap. Cognate with Scots bing.
The sound made by a bell, an
: Bing ! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.
:: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010 , Jim Rankin http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010)
: Bing Bang Boing
:: Douglas Florian, 1994 http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
: The Tao of Bada Bing
:: David Chase, 2003 http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)
As nouns the difference between being and bing
is that being is a living creature while bing is : Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.As a verb being
is present participle of lang=en.As a conjunction being
is given that; since.As a proper noun Bing is
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English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].