Onset vs Beginning - What's the difference?
onset | beginning |
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
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(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
(obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
* (rfdate) (Francis Bacon),
(obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
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, title= (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
(obsolete) To set about; to begin.
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
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, title= (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
Beginning is a synonym of onset.
As nouns the difference between onset and beginning
is that onset is a rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army while beginning is the act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.As verbs the difference between onset and beginning
is that onset is to assault; to set upon while beginning is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective beginning is
of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.onset
English
Noun
(en noun)- The onset and retire / Of both your armies.
- Who on that day the word of onset gave.
- There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}
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Verb
Anagrams
* English irregular verbsbeginning
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Alternative forms
* begynnynge (obsolete)Noun
- The author describes the protagonist's youth in the beginning of the story
- The house you want is down at the beginning of the street
Synonyms
* (act of doing that which begins anything) commencing, start, starting * element, embryo, rudiment * (that which begins or originates something) origin, source, start, commencement * (initial portion of some extended thing) head, startAntonyms
* (act of doing that which begins anything) conclusion, endDerived terms
* a good beginning makes a good ending * beginning of day * in the beginningVerb
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning ; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Adjective
(-)- in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
- in the beginning section of the course