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Staring vs Leering - What's the difference?

staring | leering |

As verbs the difference between staring and leering

is that staring is while leering is .

As nouns the difference between staring and leering

is that staring is the act of one who stares while leering is action of the verb to leer .

staring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who stares.
  • * (Herman Melville), Pierre
    • Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space

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    leering

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb to leer .

    • Verb

    (head)

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