Going vs Ongoing - What's the difference?
going | ongoing |
A departure.
* Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
progress
(figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
(obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
* (Crew)
(in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
* Bible, Job 34.21:
Likely to continue; viable.
That attends habitually or regularly.
Current, prevailing.
(after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
Something that is going on; a happening.
* 1961 , Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure
As nouns the difference between going and ongoing
is that going is a departure while ongoing is something that is going on; a happening.As adjectives the difference between going and ongoing
is that going is likely to continue; viable while ongoing is continuing, permanent.As a verb going
is present participle of lang=en.going
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl), present participle ofNoun
(en noun)- The going was very difficult over the ice.
- We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
- Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
- His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings .
Adjective
(-)- He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
- The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
- He has the easiest job going .
See also
* going toStatistics
*Anagrams
*ongoing
English
Noun
(en noun)- We shall not be concerned here with the specific electrical or chemical changes that take place, but only with the fact of continuous ongoings as one of the elements for building a format of dynamic structure.