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Presiding vs Proceeding - What's the difference?

presiding | proceeding |

As verbs the difference between presiding and proceeding

is that presiding is present participle of lang=en while proceeding is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective presiding

is having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.

As a noun proceeding is

the act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.

presiding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.

    • Anagrams

    *

    proceeding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
  • The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference
  • Progress or movement from one thing to another.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding .}}
  • A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
  • * (Macaulay)
    • The proceedings of the high commission.
  • Plural'', see ''proceedings .

    • Synonyms

    * procedure * measure * step

    See also

    * transaction. (Webster 1913)