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Circumstances vs Surrounding - What's the difference?

circumstances | surrounding |

As nouns the difference between circumstances and surrounding

is that circumstances is plural of lang=en while surrounding is outlaying area; area in proximity to something.

As a verb surrounding is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective surrounding is

which surrounds something.

circumstances

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

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    surrounding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • outlaying area; area in proximity to something
  • environment

    • Synonyms

    * periphery

    Adjective

    (-)
  • which surrounds something