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Linking vs Liking - What's the difference?

linking | liking |

As nouns the difference between linking and liking

is that linking is linkage while liking is likeness.

As a verb linking

is present participle of link.

As an adjective linking

is serving to connect other things together.

linking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Present participle of link.
  • :The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to connect other things together.
  • :Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • linkage
  • * 1986 , Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology (page 11)
    • I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

    Anagrams

    * *

    liking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A like; a predilection.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.}}
  • * (John Stuart Mill)
    • The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

    Derived terms

    * for one's liking * to one's liking * take a liking to