Whispering vs His - What's the difference?
whispering | his |
Belonging to him.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , IV.i:
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his' man would be there with a message to say that ' his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
* 2011 , Xan Rice, The Guardian , 8 Apr 2011:
(obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
*, II.2:
* 1611 , Matthew 5:13, King James Version:
(archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s'' after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in ''-s , to express the possessive case.
That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
As nouns the difference between whispering and his
is that whispering is something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor while his is b sharp.As a verb whispering
is .As an adjective whispering
is that whispers.whispering
English
(wikipedia whispering)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* whispering gallery * Whispering Jackhis
English
(wikipedia his)Determiner
- With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
- In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.
- My stomacke could not well reach so farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his need.
- Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
- Ahab his mark'' for ''Ahab's mark .
Usage notes
* When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective , qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.See also
(English personal pronouns)Pronoun
- The decision was his to live with.