Happening vs Merit - What's the difference?
happening | merit |
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, title= (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
* 2005 , Wendy Lawton, Less is More ,
* 2006 , Eliot Greenspan, Neil E. Schlecht, Frommer's Cuba ,
* 2011 , Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 ,
(slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
* 1987' November 16, Steve Gibson, ''Desktop Publishing, 386-Based Machines, ‘'''Happening ’ Trends at Comdex'', '' ,
* 2009 , Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, France , Lonely Planet,
* 2011 , Nicholas Gill, Christie Pashby, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's Chile & Easter Island ,
Something that happens.
A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
Something deserving positive recognition.
Something worthy of a high rating.
A claim to commendation or reward.
The quality of deserving reward.
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* Alexander Pope
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation.
* Prior
(obsolete) The quality or state of deserving either good or bad; desert.
* Shakespeare
To earn or to deserve.
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To be worthy or deserving.
(obsolete, rare) To reward.
As a verb happening
is .As an adjective happening
is (slang|of a place) busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.As a noun happening
is something that happens.As a proper noun merit is
.happening
English
Verb
(head)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
Adjective
(en adjective)- This is a happening place tonight!
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- “San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.”
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- When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town.
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- They're a little noisy if you open your balcony door but otherwise offer a glimpse of one of Disney World's more happening places.
- He is a real happening guy.
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- Every show has its hottest, most happening' trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the ' happening software would be desktop publishing.
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- Going strong since 2006, this ephemeral nightclub (it's open only for 50 nights each year, in July and August) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals.
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- San Antonio is the newest, tiniest, and most “happening ” wine appellation in Chile, with just four boutique wineries that focus on quality, not quantity, producing fine pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, and syrah.
Noun
(en noun)merit
English
Noun
(en noun)- His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
- Reputation is oft got without merit , and lost without deserving.
- To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And every author's merit , but his own.
- His teacher gave him ten merits .
- those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth
- Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought / For things that others do; and when we fall, / We answer others' merits in our name.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)Antonyms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- (Chapman)
