Growing vs Being - What's the difference?
growing | being |
growth; increase
* 1852 , Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West
That grows.
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A living creature.
The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
* Shakespeare
(philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
(philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
* Steele
(obsolete) Given that; since.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
As verbs the difference between growing and being
is that growing is while being is .As nouns the difference between growing and being
is that growing is growth; increase while being is a living creature.As an adjective growing
is that grows.As a conjunction being is
(obsolete) given that; since.growing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.
Adjective
(-)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
being
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being .
- (Wright)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Derived terms
* beingdom * beingful * beinghood * beingless * beingness * (noun ) human beingConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].