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Pending vs Tending - What's the difference?

pending | tending |

As verbs the difference between pending and tending

is that pending is present participle of lang=en while tending 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 tending is

action of the verb to tend.

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.

    • tending

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb to tend .
  • * 1970 , R. Grathoff, The Structure of Social Inconsistencies
    • In other words, the mutual tendings of all individuals in a given situation toward each other and'' toward a common object can be apprehended ''in toto by each actor.

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