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Doing vs Putting - What's the difference?

doing | putting |

As verbs the difference between doing and putting

is that doing is (rare|chiefly|netherlands|nonstandard) while putting is or putting can be (golf).

As a noun putting is

(obsolete) instigation or incitement; enticement or putting can be (golf) the action of the verb to putt .

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

    putting

    English

    Etymology 1

    See put

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
  • * 1736 , Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ , page 353:
    • ...and then if there be a putting in fear al?o, the clergy is ou?ted in all the ca?es mentiond in this ?tatute.
  • The action or result of the verb put .

    • Etymology 2

    See putt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (golf)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (golf) The action of the verb to putt .
  • (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    See also

    * (l) English heteronyms