Endearing vs Endear - What's the difference?
endearing | endear |
endearment
* (Jack London)
(obsolete) To make (something) more precious or valuable.
(obsolete) To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.
(obsolete) To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.
*, II.18:
*:Salvianus Massiliensis this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them.
To make (someone) dear or precious.
As verbs the difference between endearing and endear
is that endearing is present participle of lang=en while endear is to make (something) more precious or valuable.As an adjective endearing
is inspiring love or affection, in a childlike way.As a noun endearing
is endearment.endearing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- It was arms around, and perpetual endearings , and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.