Regarding vs Concerning - What's the difference?
regarding | concerning |
The act by which something is regarded or observed.
* Pope Gregory I, Morals on the Book of Job
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Causing concern; worrisome.
(obsolete) important
* South
Regarding, respecting.
* Bible, Numbers x. 29
That which one is concerned in; one's business.
* William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
As verbs the difference between regarding and concerning
is that regarding is present participle of lang=en while concerning is present participle of lang=en.As prepositions the difference between regarding and concerning
is that regarding is concerning, respecting while concerning is regarding, respecting.As nouns the difference between regarding and concerning
is that regarding is the act by which something is regarded or observed while concerning is that which one is concerned in; one's business.As an adjective concerning is
causing concern; worrisome.regarding
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- God Invisible by the assumption of His Manhood was laid open to the regardings of our sight.
Anagrams
* English prepositionsconcerning
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So great and so concerning truth.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.