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Forgiving vs Forgetting - What's the difference?

forgiving | forgetting |

As verbs the difference between forgiving and forgetting

is that forgiving is while forgetting is .

As nouns the difference between forgiving and forgetting

is that forgiving is an act of forgiveness while forgetting is the mental act by which something is forgotten.

As an adjective forgiving

is inclined to forgive.

forgiving

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inclined to forgive.
    • I am not very forgiving .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of forgiveness.
  • * 1996 , Bernard P. Dauenhauer, Citizenship in a Fragile World (page 58)
    • And I receive your forgiveness only from you. A group's promises and forgivings are nothing more than the sum of its individual members' promises and forgivings.

    forgetting

    English

    (wikipedia forgetting)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mental act by which something is forgotten.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Jelliffe how it was possible for an illness which had been described unmistakably innumerable times to be 'forgotten' anew by each generation. Such forgettings are as dangerous as they are mysterious, for they give us an unwarranted sense of security.