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Combing vs Combining - What's the difference?

combing | combining |

As verbs the difference between combing and combining

is that combing is present participle of lang=en while combining is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between combing and combining

is that combing is the act by which something is combed while combining is the act by which things are combined or brought together.

combing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is combed.
  • My hair needs frequent combings ; otherwise, it gets matted.

    combining

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which things are combined or brought together.
  • * (Charles Dickens), The Old Curiosity Shop
  • these little combinings together, of friends, for objects in themselves extremely laudable, but which the law terms conspiracies