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Controlling vs Noncontrolling - What's the difference?

controlling | noncontrolling |

As adjectives the difference between controlling and noncontrolling

is that controlling is having control over a person or thing while noncontrolling is not controlling .

As a verb controlling

is present participle of lang=en.

controlling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having control over a person or thing.
    • His mother is very controlling .

    Synonyms

    * dominant, domineering, manipulative

    Verb

    (head)

    • noncontrolling

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not controlling (especially of a stake in a company).
  • * 1989 , Thomas Gordon, Teaching children self-discipline--at home and at school
    • Noncontrolling Methods to Get Children to Change Behavior
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Jim Motavalli, title=A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Honda, which has been selling 1,000 natural gas Civics a year — about 60 percent at retail and the rest to corporate or government fleets — owns a noncontrolling stake in FuelMaker. }}