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Mending vs Rending - What's the difference?

mending | rending |

As verbs the difference between mending and rending

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

As nouns the difference between mending and rending

is that mending is the act by which something is mended or repaired while rending is the act by which something is rent, or torn.

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

    rending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * heart-rending

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rent, or torn.
    • rendings of garments

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