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Pertaining vs Concerning - What's the difference?

pertaining | concerning |

As verbs the difference between pertaining and concerning

is that pertaining is present participle of lang=en while concerning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between pertaining and concerning

is that pertaining is something that pertains; an appurtenance while concerning is that which one is concerned in; one's business.

As an adjective concerning is

causing concern; worrisome.

As a preposition concerning is

regarding, respecting.

pertaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
  • * 1869 , Horace Bushnell, Women's suffrage: the reform against nature (page 90)
    • When, I say, these things are duly considered as pertainings of a woman's lot, we might almost justify them in a riot against natural sexhood itself, if there were any thing to be gained by it.

    Anagrams

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    concerning

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing concern; worrisome.
  • (obsolete) important
  • * South
    • So great and so concerning truth.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Regarding, respecting.
  • * Bible, Numbers x. 29
    • The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which one is concerned in; one's business.
  • * William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
    • We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.