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Gleaning vs Gathering - What's the difference?

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Gleaning is a related term of gathering.


As nouns the difference between gleaning and gathering

is that gleaning is something learned by gleaning while gathering is a meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

As verbs the difference between gleaning and gathering

is that gleaning is while gathering is present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together.

gleaning

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something learned by gleaning.
  • The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
  • (ornithology) The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • gathering

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
  • I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
  • A group of people or things.
  • A gathering of fruit.
  • ((bookbinding)) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
  • This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
  • A charitable contribution; a collection.
  • A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together
  • She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.
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