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Being vs Embodying - What's the difference?

being | embodying |

As verbs the difference between being and embodying

is that being is while embodying is .

As nouns the difference between being and embodying

is that being is a living creature while embodying is embodiment.

As a conjunction being

is (obsolete) given that; since.

being

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A living creature.
  • The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
  • (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.
    • (Wright)
  • * Steele
    • 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 being

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) Given that; since.
  • *, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
    • ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

    Derived terms

    * being that

    References

    * * * *

    See also

    * am * are * is * art * be * been * beest * was * wast * were * wert

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    embodying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • embodiment
  • * 1835 , Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 38, page 627)
    • They stood, less like the great champions or warring states of antiquity, throwing their whole force into the struggle for the temporary prizes of the sword, than two great embodyings of principle, two master-spirits, contending for the dominion of the minds of mankind