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Designing vs Designation - What's the difference?

designing | designation |

As nouns the difference between designing and designation

is that designing is a process of design while designation is designation.

As a verb designing

is .

As an adjective designing

is artful; scheming.

designing

English

(design)

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • artful; scheming
    • a designing man

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A process of design.
  • * 1829 , Richard Carlile, The Lion
    • Are these, the reality of things, a part of the great designings or are they not? If so, it would have been better, that there had been no such designings; if not, how is the theory of omnipotent design borne out?

    designation

    English

    (wikipedia designation) (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
  • Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
  • That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
  • Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

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