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Pertaining vs Concerned - What's the difference?

pertaining | concerned |

As verbs the difference between pertaining and concerned

is that pertaining is while concerned is (concern).

As a noun pertaining

is something that pertains; an appurtenance.

As an adjective concerned is

showing concern.

pertaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
  • * 1869 , Horace Bushnell, Women's suffrage: the reform against nature (page 90)
    • When, I say, these things are duly considered as pertainings of a woman's lot, we might almost justify them in a riot against natural sexhood itself, if there were any thing to be gained by it.

    Anagrams

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    concerned

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing concern.
    • There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
  • Involved or responsible.
    • The people concerned have been punished.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (concern)