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Hearing vs Learning - What's the difference?

hearing | learning |

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

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Able to hear.
  • Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

    Antonyms

    * deaf * unhearing

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
  • (countable) The act by which something is heard.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
  • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings , smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
  • (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.
  • * {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
  • , title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}

    Derived terms

    * hearing aid * in hearing * preliminary hearing

    Verb

    (head)
  • learning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
  • Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.
  • (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
  • The department head was also a scholar of great learning .
  • (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 citation
  • , passage=“We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.” }}

    Usage notes

    Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form (m); see for details.

    Derived terms

    * book-learning * higher learning * learning curve * learning disability * learning by doing