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Giving vs Gibing - What's the difference?

giving | gibing |

As verbs the difference between giving and gibing

is that giving is while gibing is .

As nouns the difference between giving and gibing

is that giving is the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting while gibing is a gibe.

As an adjective giving

is having the tendency to give; generous.

giving

English

(wikipedia giving)

Verb

(head)
    • ''These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.' - First Usenet use via Google Groups, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having the tendency to give; generous
    • To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them. - net.flame - 26 Mar 1984 by Jeff Sargent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
  • A gift; a benefaction.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
  • * Addison
    • Upon the first giving of the weather.

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    gibing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gibe.
  • * 1841 , Isaac Disraeli, The literary character. Character of James the First
    • The calls of office, the cavillings of angry rivals, and the gibings of newspaper critics, could not reach me on the banks of the Shannon, where all within doors was love and affection.

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