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Having vs Using - What's the difference?

having | using |

As verbs the difference between having and using

is that having is while using is .

As nouns the difference between having and using

is that having is something owned; possession; goods; estate while using is use.

having

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I'll lend you something; my having is not much.
  • * 1875 , Tennyson, Queen Mary
  • Your havings wasted by the scythe and spade,
    Your rights and charters hobnail' d into slush

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    using

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • use
  • * Philip H. Wicksteed, The Commonsense of Political Economy
  • It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.

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