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Powering vs Powered - What's the difference?

powering | powered |

As verbs the difference between powering and powered

is that powering is present participle of power while powered is past tense of power.

As an adjective powered is

self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.

powering

English

Verb

(head)
  • powered

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a device) Self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.
  • * 2007 , John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4358-X, page 145,
  • Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.

    Derived terms

    * battery-powered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (power)