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Rending vs Tending - What's the difference?

rending | tending |

As verbs the difference between rending and tending

is that rending is present participle of lang=en while tending is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between rending and tending

is that rending is the act by which something is rent, or torn while tending is action of the verb to tend.

rending

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * heart-rending

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rent, or torn.
    • rendings of garments

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    tending

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb to tend .
  • * 1970 , R. Grathoff, The Structure of Social Inconsistencies
    • In other words, the mutual tendings of all individuals in a given situation toward each other and'' toward a common object can be apprehended ''in toto by each actor.

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