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Leaving vs Cleaving - What's the difference?

leaving | cleaving |

As verbs the difference between leaving and cleaving

is that leaving is while cleaving is .

As a noun cleaving is

the act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.

leaving

English

(wikipedia leaving)

Verb

(head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

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    cleaving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
  • * 2010 , Greg Kucich, Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism (page 273)
    • Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation
  • The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
  • * 1813 , John Owen, The grace and duty of being spiritually minded
    • On all of them they renew their cleavings to God with love and delight .