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Relating vs Attendant - What's the difference?

relating | attendant |

As nouns the difference between relating and attendant

is that relating is the act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation while attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something.

As a verb relating

is .

As an adjective attendant is

going with; associated; concomitant.

relating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Such a dynamic, biological concept of consciousness as reflecting ever-shifting 'global mappings' in the brain, ceaseless relatings of current perceptions to past mappings, has been articulated with great force recently, by Gerald Edelman.
  • * 2008 , Stephen Kemmis, Tracey J. Smith, Enabling praxis: challenges for education
    • What makes a complex practice like education or medicine distinctive is the content of sayings, doings and relatings characteristic of the practice

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    attendant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * attendaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
    • Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Going with; associated; concomitant.
    • They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
  • (legal) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
    • the widow attendant to the heir
    (Cowell)

    See also

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