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Relieving vs Providing - What's the difference?

relieving | providing |

As verbs the difference between relieving and providing

is that relieving is present participle of lang=en while providing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective relieving

is that brings relief.

As a noun providing is

something provided; a provision.

relieving

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That brings relief.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 24:
  • *:Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.

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    providing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something provided; a provision.
  • * 1869 , Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman (page 108)
    • the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings , and careless neglect of the husbands.