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Pending vs Lingering - What's the difference?

pending | lingering |

As verbs the difference between pending and lingering

is that pending is present participle of lang=en while lingering is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective pending

is awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.

As a preposition pending

is while waiting for something; until.

As a noun lingering is

an act of lingering or waiting.

pending

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
  • begun but not completed
  • about to happen; imminent or impending

    • See also

    * impending

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • While waiting for something; until.

    • lingering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of lingering or waiting.
  • * 2000 , David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (page 73)
    • But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings .
  • That which lingers; a remnant.
  • * (Washington Irving)
    • The lingerings of decent pride were visible in her appearance. Her dress, though humble in the extreme, was scrupulously clean.