Giving vs Putting - What's the difference?
giving | putting |
having the tendency to give; generous
The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
A gift; a benefaction.
The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
* Addison
(obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
* 1736 , Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ , page 353:
The action or result of the verb put .
(golf)
(golf) The action of the verb to putt .
(golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.
As verbs the difference between giving and putting
is that giving is while putting is or putting can be (golf).As nouns the difference between giving and putting
is that giving is the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting while putting is (obsolete) instigation or incitement; enticement or putting can be (golf) the action of the verb to putt .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)- 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)- (Alexander Pope)
- Upon the first giving of the weather.
Statistics
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English
Etymology 1
See putVerb
(head)Noun
- ...and then if there be a putting in fear al?o, the clergy is ou?ted in all the ca?es mentiond in this ?tatute.