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Easing vs Relieving - What's the difference?

easing | relieving |

As verbs the difference between easing and relieving

is that easing is while relieving is .

As a noun easing

is the act by which something is eased.

As an adjective relieving is

that brings relief.

easing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is eased.
  • * 1978 , Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window
    • Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.

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    relieving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That brings relief.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 24:
  • *:Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.

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