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Deepen vs Deepening - What's the difference?

deepen | deepening |

As verbs the difference between deepen and deepening

is that deepen is to make deep or deeper while deepening is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun deepening is

the act of becoming deeper.

deepen

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make deep or deeper
    • They deepened the well by 200 feet.
  • To make darker or more intense; to darken
    • The event deepened the prevailing gloom.
  • To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
    • News of her death deepened my sorrow.
  • To make lower in tone
    • The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.
  • To become deeper
    • The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.
  • To become darker or more intense
    • The crisis deepened in the following weeks.
  • To become lower in tone
    • His voice deepened with age.
    (defn)

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs

    deepening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of becoming deeper.
  • * 1972 , H. H. Lamb, Climate: Present, Past and Future (volume 1, page 408)
    • Further examples of the same effect could be seen in sudden deepenings of depressions over the warmer than normal eastern Atlantic in the 1968-9 winter: the consequence was interruptions of the cold weather prevailing in Britain