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Controlling vs Telling - What's the difference?

controlling | telling |

As adjectives the difference between controlling and telling

is that controlling is having control over a person or thing while telling is having force.

As verbs the difference between controlling and telling

is that controlling is while telling is .

As a noun telling is

the act of narration.

controlling

English

Adjective

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

    Synonyms

    * dominant, domineering, manipulative

    Verb

    (head)

    • telling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having force
  • revealing information
  • * '>citation
  • serving to convince

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of narration.
  • The disclosure of information.
  • (archaic) Counting, numbering.

    • Anagrams

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