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Relating vs Reliable - What's the difference?

relating | reliable |

As nouns the difference between relating and reliable

is that relating is the act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation while reliable is something or someone or dependable.

As a verb relating

is .

As an adjective reliable is

suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on|relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.

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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    reliable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
  • A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
    The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
    According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.
  • (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
  • Synonyms

    * secure * dependable

    Antonyms

    * unreliable

    Derived terms

    * reliableness * reliably * semireliable

    See also

    * (Reliability)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or someone or dependable
  • the old reliables