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Leaving vs Putting - What's the difference?

leaving | putting |

As verbs the difference between leaving and putting

is that leaving is while putting is or putting can be (golf).

As a noun putting is

(obsolete) instigation or incitement; enticement or putting can be (golf) the action of the verb to putt .

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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    putting

    English

    Etymology 1

    See put

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
  • * 1736 , Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ , page 353:
  • ...and then if there be a putting in fear al?o, the clergy is ou?ted in all the ca?es mentiond in this ?tatute.
  • The action or result of the verb put .
  • Etymology 2

    See putt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (golf)
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (golf) The action of the verb to putt .
  • (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.
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    * (l) English heteronyms