Moving vs Going - What's the difference?
moving | going |
(no comparative or superlative ) That moves or move.
That causes someone to feel emotion.
* Coleridge
(uncountable) The relocation of goods
(countable) A causing of a movement
A departure.
* Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
progress
(figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
(obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
* (Crew)
(in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
* Bible, Job 34.21:
Likely to continue; viable.
That attends habitually or regularly.
Current, prevailing.
(after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
As adjectives the difference between moving and going
is that moving is (no comparative or superlative ) that moves or move while going is likely to continue; viable.As verbs the difference between moving and going
is that moving is while going is .As nouns the difference between moving and going
is that moving is (uncountable) the relocation of goods while going is a departure.moving
English
(wikipedia moving)Adjective
(en adjective)- moving pictures
- I sang an old moving story.
Verb
(head)Noun
- The rats' movings are willed movements.
going
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl), present participle ofNoun
(en noun)- The going was very difficult over the ice.
- We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
- Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
- His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings .
Adjective
(-)- He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
- The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
- He has the easiest job going .