Doing vs Being - What's the difference?
doing | being |
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.
A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
As nouns the difference between doing and being
is that doing is a deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it while being is a living creature.As verbs the difference between doing and being
is that doing is while being is .As an interjection doing
is the sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.As a conjunction being is
(obsolete) given that; since.doing
English
Alternative forms
* (pedantic)Etymology 1
See (do).Noun
(en noun)- This is his doing . (= "He did it.")
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
Onomatopœic.Interjection
(en interjection)Synonyms
* boingStatistics
*Anagrams
* * * English onomatopoeiasbeing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].