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Bending vs Mending - What's the difference?

bending | mending |

As verbs the difference between bending and mending

is that bending is present participle of lang=en while mending is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between bending and mending

is that bending is a motion or action that bends while mending is the act by which something is mended or repaired.

bending

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion or action that bends.
    • ----

    mending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is mended or repaired.
  • * 1844 , Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads (page 133)
    • This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings