Lingering vs Outstanding - What's the difference?
lingering | outstanding |
An act of lingering or waiting.
* 2000 , David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (page 73)
That which lingers; a remnant.
* (Washington Irving)
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
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* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 29
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal
, work=BBC Sport
projecting outwards
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unresolved; not settled or finished
owed as a debt
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As a verb lingering
is .As a noun lingering
is an act of lingering or waiting.As an adjective outstanding is
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.lingering
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings .
- The lingerings of decent pride were visible in her appearance. Her dress, though humble in the extreme, was scrupulously clean.
outstanding
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}