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Receding vs Abating - What's the difference?

receding | abating |

As verbs the difference between receding and abating

is that receding is while abating is .

As nouns the difference between receding and abating

is that receding is the action of something that recedes while abating is (rhetoric) anesis.

receding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of something that recedes.
  • * 1829 , Josiah Conder, The Modern Traveler (page 205)
    • the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

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    abating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (rhetoric) Anesis.