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Purchasing vs Purchases - What's the difference?

purchasing | purchases |

As verbs the difference between purchasing and purchases

is that purchasing is while purchases is (purchase).

As nouns the difference between purchasing and purchases

is that purchasing is the act of making a purchase while purchases is .

purchasing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a purchase.
  • * 1936 , James Arthur Fulton, Our economic nationalism: its purpose and importance (page 84)
    • As our exports and imports are now nearly in balance, it is assumed that such bargaining, if agreed to, would induce the debtor nations to greatly increase their purchasings from us

    purchases

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (purchase)