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Done vs Willing - What's the difference?

done | willing |

As verbs the difference between done and willing

is that done is while willing is .

As an adjective willing is

ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.

As a noun willing is

(rare|or|obsolete) the execution of a will.

done

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of food) Ready, fully cooked.
    • As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
  • In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
    • He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."
    They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
  • Being exhausted or fully spent.
    • When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
  • Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
    • He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
  • Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
    • I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !
    What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!

    Derived terms

    * be done for * be done with it * done deal * get done for * overdone * well done

    Verb

    (head)
    • I have ''done'' my work.
  • (African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
    • I done did my best to raise y'all.

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    willing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

    Synonyms

    * agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntary

    Derived terms

    * willing horse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, or, obsolete) The execution of a will.

    • Verb

    (head)

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