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Qualifier vs Qualifying - What's the difference?

qualifier | qualifying |

As nouns the difference between qualifier and qualifying

is that qualifier is one who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition while qualifying is a qualification or added condition.

As a verb qualifying is

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qualifier

English

(wikipedia qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  • A preliminary stage of a competition.
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • But England's final qualifier , played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.
  • (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  • (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
  • * 2012 , Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple
    • The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

    Synonyms

    * (grammar) modifier

    See also

    * (grammar) determiner

    qualifying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * qualifying position

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A qualification or added condition.
  • * 1748 , Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
    • No expostulations! No buts, girl! No qualifyings , I will be obeyed, I tell you; and chearfully too!
  • An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
  • * 2013 , Robert Nisbet, Teachers and Scholars
    • Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings .