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Detaining vs Retaining - What's the difference?

detaining | retaining |

As verbs the difference between detaining and retaining

is that detaining is present participle of detain while retaining is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective retaining is

of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

detaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • retaining

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

    • Verb

    (head)