Established vs Building - What's the difference?

established | building |

As verbs the difference between established and building

is that established is past tense of establish while building is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective established

is of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

As a noun building is

the act or process of building.

established

English

Verb

(head)

(establish)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:

Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.

(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Derived terms

* established church * long-established

Synonyms

* (abbreviation)

building

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) The act or process of building.

A closed structure with walls and a roof.

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Synonyms

* (act or process of building) construction * (closed structure with walls and a roof) edifice * See also

Derived terms

* apartment building * * building blocks * building permit * building society * building trade * office building * outbuilding * shipbuilding * bodybuilding * main building

Etymology 2

See (build)

Verb

(head)