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Leaving vs Went - What's the difference?

leaving | went |

As verbs the difference between leaving and went

is that leaving is present participle of lang=en while went is simple past of go.

As a noun went is

a course; a way, a path; a journey.

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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    went

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (go)
  • (nonstandard)
  • (archaic) (wend)

    • Derived terms

    * (l), (l) (both archaic)

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
  • * Chaucer
    • At a turning of a wente .
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.5:
    • But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went .

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