Ongoing vs Proceeding - What's the difference?
ongoing | proceeding |
Something that is going on; a happening.
* 1961 , Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
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A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
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Plural'', see ''proceedings .
As nouns the difference between ongoing and proceeding
is that ongoing is something that is going on; a happening while proceeding is the act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.As an adjective ongoing
is continuing, permanent.As a verb proceeding is
.ongoing
English
Noun
(en noun)- We shall not be concerned here with the specific electrical or chemical changes that take place, but only with the fact of continuous ongoings as one of the elements for building a format of dynamic structure.
Anagrams
*proceeding
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The proceedings of the high commission.
