What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Engagement vs Bidding - What's the difference?

engagement | bidding |

As nouns the difference between engagement and bidding

is that engagement is engagement while bidding is that which one is bidden to do; a command.

As a verb bidding is

.

engagement

English

Noun

(wikipedia engagement) (en noun)
  • (countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform
    • The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
  • (uncountable) connection or attachment
    • Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
  • (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
    • We are enjoying a long engagement , but haven't yet set a date.
  • In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
    • The engagement resulted in many casualties.
  • (fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
    • After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail .

    Derived terms

    * engagement ring

    Related terms

    * engage

    Derived terms

    * disengagement

    See also

    * battle * campaign ----

    bidding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which one is bidden to do; a command.
  • * 1868 , Fulwar William Fowle, Sermons preached in the cathedral church of Salisbury (page 172)
    • Do their biddings , and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report."
  • The act of placing a bid.
  • * Rowland E. Prothero, English Farming, Past and Present (page 322)
    • Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.