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Deserving vs Reserving - What's the difference?

deserving | reserving |

As verbs the difference between deserving and reserving

is that deserving is while reserving is .

As an adjective deserving

is worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.

As a noun deserving

is desert, merit.

deserving

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
    • the deserving poor
  • meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)

    • Antonyms

    * undeserving

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • desert, merit
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • A person of great deservings from the republic.

    Verb

    (head)

    • reserving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

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