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Letting vs Telling - What's the difference?

letting | telling |

As verbs the difference between letting and telling

is that letting is while telling is .

As nouns the difference between letting and telling

is that letting is (british) the rental of an apartment while telling is the act of narration.

As an adjective telling is

having force.

letting

English

(Renting)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) The rental of an apartment
  • * {{quote-news, 2002, June 15, John Cranage, No fear of slump in lettings, Birmingham Post citation
    • , passage=House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. }}
  • (US, dated) The award of a public contract
  • * {{quote-news, 1937, February 6, Walker Wood, Capitol Activities, Woodville Republican citation
    • , passage=Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.}}

    telling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having force
  • revealing information
  • * '>citation
  • serving to convince

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of narration.
  • The disclosure of information.
  • (archaic) Counting, numbering.

    • Anagrams

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