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Learning vs Belles-lettres - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between learning and belles-lettres

is that learning is an act in which something is learned while belles-lettres is literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content.

As a verb learning

is present participle of lang=en.

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

    belles-lettres

    English

    Alternative forms

    * belles lettres

    Noun

    (wikipedia belles-lettres)
  • literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content

    • Related terms

    * belletristic