Pertaining vs Pertinent - What's the difference?
pertaining | pertinent |
Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
* 1869 , Horace Bushnell, Women's suffrage: the reform against nature (page 90)
important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant
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As a verb pertaining
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun pertaining
is something that pertains; an appurtenance.As an adjective pertinent is
important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant.pertaining
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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
*pertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.