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Coinage vs Borrowing - What's the difference?

coinage | borrowing |

As nouns the difference between coinage and borrowing

is that coinage is the process of coining money while borrowing is an instance of borrowing something.

As a verb borrowing is

present participle of lang=en.

coinage

English

(wikipedia coinage)

Noun

  • The process of coining money.
  • (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
  • (uncountable) The creation of new words, neologizing.
  • (countable) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.

    • borrowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • She is borrowing my pen.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of borrowing something.
  • * (Horace Binney)
    • Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City
  • (linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

    • Related terms

    * reborrowing