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Depreciation vs Depreciating - What's the difference?

depreciation | depreciating |

As a noun depreciation

is the state of being depreciated.

As a verb depreciating is

present participle of depreciate.

As an adjective depreciating is

that is declining in value.

depreciation

English

Noun

  • The state of being depreciated.
  • The decline in value of assets.
  • (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

    • See also

    * ("depreciation" on Wikipedia)

    depreciating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That is declining in value.
  • That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
  • * 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , VII:
    • Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be far from satisfied by this assurance, or by the depreciating allusion to the detective police.