Hearing vs Learning - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
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(countable) The act by which something is heard.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
(uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
(countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
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(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
(uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
(countable) Something that has been learned
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 5, author=Stuart Elliott, title=Online Experiment for Print Magazine, work=New York Times
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In uncountable terms the difference between hearing and learning
is that hearing is a proceeding at which discussions are heard while learning is accumulated knowledge.In countable terms the difference between hearing and learning
is that hearing is the act by which something is heard while learning is something that has been learned.As an adjective hearing
is able to hear.hearing
English
(wikipedia hearing)Antonyms
* deaf * unhearingNoun
- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings , smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
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Derived terms
* hearing aid * in hearing * preliminary hearingVerb
(head)learning
English
Verb
(head)- I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
Noun
(en-noun)- Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.
- The department head was also a scholar of great learning .
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