Influencing vs Stages - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between influencing and stages

is that influencing is influence while stages is plural of lang=en.

is that influencing is present participle of lang=en while stages is third-person singular of stage.

(en noun)

(obsolete) influence

* 1816, , part 2 lines 26-67

My own, my human mind, which passively

Now renders and receives fast influencings ,

(head)

(head)

(head)

(stage)

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