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Listening vs Agreeing - What's the difference?

listening | agreeing |

As verbs the difference between listening and agreeing

is that listening is while agreeing is .

As an adjective listening

is of something or someone that listens.

As a noun listening

is action of the verb listening .

listening

English

Adjective

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  • Of something or someone that listens.
  • Any listening person can tell she's lying.
  • Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
  • He could hear better when he used his listening device.
  • Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
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  • The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb listening
  • *, chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
  • Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * listening post * listening station

    Anagrams

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    agreeing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * agreeingly * agreeingness English words not following the I before E except after C rule