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Profound vs Moving - What's the difference?

profound | moving |

As adjectives the difference between profound and moving

is that profound is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep while moving is (no comparative or superlative ) that moves or move.

As nouns the difference between profound and moving

is that profound is (obsolete) the deep; the sea; the ocean while moving is (uncountable) the relocation of goods.

As verbs the difference between profound and moving

is that profound is (obsolete) to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down while moving is .

profound

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
  • * (rfdate),
  • A gulf profound
  • Very deep; very serious
  • Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
  • *
  • Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
  • * (rfdate),
  • Profound sciatica
  • * (rfdate),
  • Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
  • Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
  • * (rfdate)
  • What humble gestures! What profound reverence!

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  • God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
  • (obsolete) An abyss.
  • (Milton)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)
  • (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
  • moving

    English

    (wikipedia moving)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (no comparative or superlative ) That moves or move.
  • moving pictures
  • That causes someone to feel emotion.
  • * Coleridge
  • I sang an old moving story.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (uncountable) The relocation of goods
  • (countable) A causing of a movement
  • The rats' movings are willed movements.