Looking vs Planning - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between looking and planning

is that looking is while planning is .

As nouns the difference between looking and planning

is that looking is (obsolete) the act of one who looks; a glance while planning is (uncountable) action of the verb to plan .

looking

English

Verb

(head)

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}

* 1988 September 12, New York Magazine , page 226

Good-Looking', Funny Guy — (Not funny-' looking , good guy), 36, Jewish, athletic.

Derived terms

* good-looking * looking glass

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The act of one who looks; a glance.

(obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.

* Chaucer

All dreary was his cheer and his looking .

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planning

English

Verb

(head)

Noun

(uncountable) action of the verb to plan

the act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans

the act of making contingency plans

(informal, British) planning permission

My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning .

Usage notes

Planning is a context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'. Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.

Derived terms

* family planning * life planning * macroplanning * microplanning * planning permission * vacation planning

External links

* (wikipedia "planning")