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Finding vs Taking - What's the difference?

finding | taking |

As nouns the difference between finding and taking

is that finding is a result of research or an investigation while taking is the act by which something is taken.

As verbs the difference between finding and taking

is that finding is while taking is .

As an adjective taking is

alluring; attractive.

finding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A result of research or an investigation.
  • (legal) A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
  • A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
  • Derived terms

    * key finding * wayfinding

    Verb

    (head)
  • taking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • alluring; attractive.
  • * Fuller
  • subtile in making his temptations most taking
  • (obsolete) infectious; contagious
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Noun

  • The act by which something is taken.
  • * 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
  • Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
  • (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
  • (uncountable) An apprehension.
  • (countable) That which has been gained.
  • Count the shop's takings .

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
  • Derived terms

    * for the taking

    See also

    * takings

    Statistics

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