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Gleaning vs Leaning - What's the difference?

gleaning | leaning |

As nouns the difference between gleaning and leaning

is that gleaning is something learned by gleaning while leaning is a tendency.

As verbs the difference between gleaning and leaning

is that gleaning is while leaning is .

gleaning

English

(wikipedia 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)

    • leaning

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tendency.

    • Verb

    (head)

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