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Poised vs Going - What's the difference?

poised | going |

As adjectives the difference between poised and going

is that poised is possessing poise, having self-confidence while going is likely to continue; viable.

As verbs the difference between poised and going

is that poised is past tense of poise while going is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun going is

a departure.

poised

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
  • Ready, prepared.
  • :He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he drew his gun in a smooth arc.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=A free-kick from Matthew Etherington caused more confusion on the stroke of half-time but Mehmet Aurelio was able to hook the ball clear with Cameron Jerome poised to strike.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (poise)
  • going

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), present participle of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A departure.
  • * Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
  • The going was very difficult over the ice.
  • progress
  • We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
  • (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
  • Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  • (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  • * (Crew)
  • (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  • * Bible, Job 34.21:
  • His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Likely to continue; viable.
  • He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
  • That attends habitually or regularly.
  • Current, prevailing.
  • The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
  • (after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
  • He has the easiest job going .

    See also

    * going to

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