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Regaining vs Retaining - What's the difference?

regaining | retaining |

As verbs the difference between regaining and retaining

is that regaining is (regain) while retaining is .

As a noun regaining

is the act by which something is regained.

As an adjective retaining is

of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

regaining

English

Verb

(head)
  • (regain)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is regained.
  • * 1842 , The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (page 339)
    • We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.

    retaining

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

    • Verb

    (head)