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Embarassing vs Embracing - What's the difference?

embarassing | embracing |

As nouns the difference between embarassing and embracing

is that embarassing is while embracing is the act of giving an embrace.

As a verb embracing is

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embarassing

English

Noun

(head)

    • embracing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving an embrace.
  • * 1849 , Charles Frederick Briggs, Holden's Dollar Magazine (volumes 3-4, page 240)
    • Ay, in so doing you will but voluntarily throw yourself into her arms, and, with fond embracings , proclaim yourself a willing servant; do not, in the wild endeavor to win fame, strive to crush her power!

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