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Parting vs Going - What's the difference?

parting | going |

As nouns the difference between parting and going

is that parting is the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation while going is a departure.

As verbs the difference between parting and going

is that parting is while going is .

As an adjective going is

likely to continue; viable.

parting

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
  • * Bible, Ezekiel xxi. 21
  • The parting of the way.
  • A farewell, the act of departing politely.
  • * Byron
  • And there were sudden partings ,such as press / The life from out young hearts.
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
  • But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
  • (British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US )
  • (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
  • (chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
  • (geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
  • (nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
  • (mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * parting shot

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    going

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), present participle of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A departure.
  • * Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
  • The going was very difficult over the ice.
  • progress
  • We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
  • (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
  • Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  • (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  • * (Crew)
  • (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  • * Bible, Job 34.21:
  • His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Likely to continue; viable.
  • He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
  • That attends habitually or regularly.
  • Current, prevailing.
  • The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
  • (after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
  • He has the easiest job going .

    See also

    * going to

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