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Damning vs Condemning - What's the difference?

damning | condemning |

As verbs the difference between damning and condemning

is that damning is present participle of lang=en while condemning is present participle of condemn.

As nouns the difference between damning and condemning

is that damning is a condemnation while condemning is condemnation.

As an adjective damning

is condemning.

damning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • condemning
    • damning evidence was clear for all to see

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A condemnation.
  • * 2003 , Richard Traubner, Operetta: A Theatrical History (page 338)
    • This elicited damnings from pulpit and press, and insured a healthy run.
  • An act of swearing with the word "damn".
  • * (Daniel Defoe)
    • No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings , and swearings he makes.
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    condemning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • condemnation
  • * (Anna Trapnell)
    • Thy Servant knew that she was beloved of thee, and that she lay in thy bosome from a child, and there she might have lived without the condemnings or reproaches of men, or of this Generation