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Healing vs Mending - What's the difference?

healing | mending |

As nouns the difference between healing and mending

is that healing is the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves while mending is the act by which something is mended or repaired.

As verbs the difference between healing and mending

is that healing is present participle of lang=en while mending is present participle of lang=en.

healing

English

Noun

(wikipedia healing)
  • The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  • An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  • The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

    • Derived terms

    * healing art

    Related terms

    * heal

    Verb

    (head)

    • mending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is mended or repaired.
  • * 1844 , Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads (page 133)
    • This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings