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Pertaining vs Corresponding - What's the difference?

pertaining | corresponding |

As verbs the difference between pertaining and corresponding

is that pertaining is present participle of lang=en while corresponding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between pertaining and corresponding

is that pertaining is something that pertains; an appurtenance while corresponding is action of the verb to correspond

As an adjective corresponding is

that have a similar relationship.

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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    corresponding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to correspond

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that have a similar relationship
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}

    Derived terms

    * corresponding angles * correspondingly