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Doing vs Act - What's the difference?

doing | act |

As nouns the difference between doing and act

is that doing is a deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it while ACT is a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the {{term||American College Test}}.

As verbs the difference between doing and act

is that doing is present participle of lang=en while act is to do something.

As an interjection doing

is the sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.

As a proper noun ACT is

initialism of Australian Capital Territory|lang=en, a federal territory of Australia.

doing

English

Alternative forms

* (pedantic)

Etymology 1

See (do).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
  • This is his doing . (= "He did it.")

    Verb

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    Onomatopœic.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.
  • Synonyms
    * boing

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * * * English onomatopoeias

    act

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a federal territory of Australia.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the (term).
  • *
  • Coordinate terms

    * (American College Test) SAT , GMAT , MCAT , DAT

    Anagrams

    * * * * English three-letter words