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Planning vs Spontaneity - What's the difference?

planning | spontaneity |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between planning and spontaneity

is that planning is (uncountable) action of the verb to plan while spontaneity is (uncountable) the quality of being spontaneous.

As nouns the difference between planning and spontaneity

is that planning is (uncountable) action of the verb to plan while spontaneity is (uncountable) the quality of being spontaneous.

As a verb planning

is .

planning

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

  • (uncountable) action of the verb to plan
  • the act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans
  • the act of making contingency plans
  • (informal, British) planning permission
  • My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning .

    Usage notes

    Planning is a context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'. Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.

    Derived terms

    * family planning * life planning * macroplanning * microplanning * planning permission * vacation planning

    spontaneity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.
  • * Elizabeth Browning
  • Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses not the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.
  • (countable) Spontaneous behaviour.
  • (biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
  • (biology) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
  • Antonyms

    * (quality of being spontaneous) discipline