Providing vs Provision - What's the difference?
providing | provision |
Something provided; a provision.
* 1869 , Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman (page 108)
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Money set aside for a future event.
(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
(legal) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
(Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
(UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
As verbs the difference between providing and provision
is that providing is present participle of lang=en while provision is to supply with provisions.As nouns the difference between providing and provision
is that providing is something provided; a provision while provision is an item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.providing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings , and careless neglect of the husbands.
provision
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Noun
(en noun)- making provision for the relief of strangers
- And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.
- (Shakespeare)
- We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
- An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
- (Blackstone)