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Ongoing vs Pending - What's the difference?

ongoing | pending |

As adjectives the difference between pending and ongoing

is that pending is awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation while ongoing is continuing, permanent.

As a verb pending

is present participle of lang=en.

As a preposition pending

is while waiting for something; until.

As a noun ongoing is

something that is going on; a happening.

ongoing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • continuing, permanent
  • presently or currently happening; being in progress

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is going on; a happening.
  • * 1961 , Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure
    • 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

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    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.