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Carrying vs Bringing - What's the difference?

carrying | bringing |

As verbs the difference between carrying and bringing

is that carrying is present participle of lang=en while bringing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between carrying and bringing

is that carrying is transportation while bringing is the act by which something is brought.

carrying

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Transportation.
  • bringing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is brought.
  • * 1984 , Michael J. Zimmerman, An essay on human action (page 93)
  • Now, it seems intuitively obvious that these indirect bringings about are genuine actions