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Forgetting vs Forgotten - What's the difference?

forgetting | forgotten |

As verbs the difference between forgetting and forgotten

is that forgetting is present participle of lang=en while forgotten is past participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between forgetting and forgotten

is that forgetting is the mental act by which something is forgotten while forgotten is a person or thing that has been forgotten.

As an adjective forgotten is

of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

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.

    forgotten

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that has been forgotten.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 31, author=Alan Feuer, title=Headliners of 07: A Subway Savior, Rampaging Rats, and a $12 Million Dog, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens , New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past. }} English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles