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Moving vs Living - What's the difference?

moving | living |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between moving and living

is that moving is (uncountable) the relocation of goods while living is (uncountable) the state of being alive.

As adjectives the difference between moving and living

is that moving is (no comparative or superlative ) that moves or move while living is having life.

As verbs the difference between moving and living

is that moving is while living is .

As nouns the difference between moving and living

is that moving is (uncountable) the relocation of goods while living is (uncountable) the state of being alive.

moving

English

(wikipedia moving)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (no comparative or superlative ) That moves or move.
  • moving pictures
  • That causes someone to feel emotion.
  • * Coleridge
  • I sang an old moving story.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (uncountable) The relocation of goods
  • (countable) A causing of a movement
  • The rats' movings are willed movements.

    living

    English

    (wikipedia living)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having life.
  • * :
  • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
  • In use or existing.
  • Hunanese is a living language.
  • Of everyday life.
  • These living conditions are deplorable.
  • True to life.
  • This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
  • He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

    Antonyms

    * dead * nonliving

    Derived terms

    * living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living will

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  • Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
  • What do you do for a living ?
  • A style of life.
  • plain living
  • (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
  • Derived terms

    * make a living

    Statistics

    * English intensifiers