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Gardening vs Planning - What's the difference?

gardening | planning |

As nouns the difference between gardening and planning

is that gardening is the process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture while planning is (uncountable) action of the verb to plan .

As verbs the difference between gardening and planning

is that gardening is while planning is .

As an adjective gardening

is describes items or actions connected with the garden.

gardening

English

Adjective

(-)
  • describes items or actions connected with the garden.
    • He had just entered the house and was wearing his gardening clothes.

    Noun

  • The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.
    • His hobby was gardening .
  • * 1866 , (Elizabeth Gaskell), Wives and Daughters
    • Warm ambient air, loiterings abroad, gardenings , flowers to take about, and preserves to make, soothed the wicked imp to slumber in the parish of Hollingford in summer-time.

    Verb

    (head)
    • He had been gardening all day.

    Anagrams

    * * * English adjectives English nouns

    planning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) action of the verb to plan
  • the act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans
  • the act of making contingency plans
  • (informal, British) planning permission
    • My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning .

    Usage notes

    Planning is a context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'. Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.

    Derived terms

    * family planning * life planning * macroplanning * microplanning * planning permission * vacation planning

    External links

    * (wikipedia "planning")