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Fund vs Funding - What's the difference?

fund | funding |

As nouns the difference between fund and funding

is that fund is a sum or source of money while funding is the action of the verb fund.

As verbs the difference between fund and funding

is that fund is to pay for while funding is present participle of lang=en.

fund

English

(wikipedia fund)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sum or source of money.
    • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
    a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
  • An organization managing such money.
  • A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
    • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
  • A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
    • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
  • * Macaulay
    • an inexhaustible fund of stories

    Derived terms

    (derived terms) * balanced fund * bond fund * closed-end fund * equity fund * feeder fund * fund of funds * growth fund * hedge fund * income fund * index fund * load fund * master fund * mutual fund * open-end fund * no-load fund * pension fund * stock fund * trust fund

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pay for.

    • funding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia funding)
  • The action of the verb .
  • Money provided as funds.
    • The council is providing funding to the church to repair the roof.
  • * 2013 , Brian Nelson, Law and Ethics in Global Business
    • Second, a bank can commit to provide a maximum amount of money (e.g., $US1,000,000) in one or more fundings over a set period of time (e.g., one year). Such credit facilities are called “lines of credit.”