Collects vs Collecting - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between collects and collecting

is that collects is while collecting is a hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.

As verbs the difference between collects and collecting

is that collects is (collect) while collecting is .

collects

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (collect)

    • collecting

    English

    (wikipedia collecting)

    Noun

  • A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
  • * 2009 , Melissa A Hardy, ?Alan Bryman, Handbook of Data Analysis (page 568)
    • The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.

    Verb

    (head)