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Leaving vs Ending - What's the difference?

leaving | ending |

As verbs the difference between leaving and ending

is that leaving is present participle of lang=en while ending is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun ending is

a termination or conclusion.

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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    ending

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A termination or conclusion.
  • The last part of something.
  • (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
  • Synonyms

    * (termination or conclusion ): conclusion, end, termination * (last part of something ): end, finale * (grammar ):

    Phrases

    * bad ending * good ending

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