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Giving vs Running - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between giving and running

is that giving is while running is .

As adjectives the difference between giving and running

is that giving is having the tendency to give; generous while running is moving or advancing by running.

As nouns the difference between giving and running

is that giving is the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting while running is the action of the verb to run .

As an adverb running is

(informal) consecutively; in a row.

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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    running

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Moving or advancing by running.
  • # Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
  • successive; one following the other without break or intervention
    • to be away two days running
  • Flowing; easy; cursive.
    • running handwriting
  • Continuous; keeping along step by step.
    • a running explanation
  • * Milton
    • a running conquest
  • * Hare
    • What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
  • (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
    • a running vine
  • (medicine) Discharging pus.
    • a running sore

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) consecutively; in a row
    • Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running .

    Noun

    (wikipedia running) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to run .
    • His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
  • The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
    • Running is good exercise.
  • That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
    • the first running of a still
  • The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

    • Derived terms

    * in running order * in the running * out of the running * running costs * running dictation

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