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Sharing vs Giving - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between sharing and giving

is that sharing is present participle of lang=en while giving is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sharing and giving

is that sharing is something shared while giving is the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

As an adjective giving is

having the tendency to give; generous.

sharing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * sharing economy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something shared.
  • * 1997 , Roger Blench, ?Matthew Spriggs, Archaeology and Language I
    • IE also has sharings with Nakh-Daghestanian, Semitic, and Sumerian. IE and Kartvelian, and no other languages, share numerals with Semitic.

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    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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