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Seating vs Setting - What's the difference?

seating | setting |

As nouns the difference between seating and setting

is that seating is (uncountable) the provision of chairs or other places for people to sit while setting is the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.

As verbs the difference between seating and setting

is that seating is while setting is .

As an adjective setting is

that disappears below the horizon.

seating

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit
    • There is plenty of comfortable seating .
  • (countable) A period of time in which a restaurant will seat guests
  • * {{quote-news, 1989, January 19, Ann Conway, 'Celebrity Cook-Off' Adds Laughs to Menu, Los Angeles Times citation
    • , passage=They had three seatings and too many people. So, we raised our prices and kept it to two seatings.}}
  • Material for making seats.
    • cane seating
  • A housing in which a component is seated.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    setting

    English

    (wikipedia setting)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
  • The act of setting.
    • the setting of the sun
    the setting , or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
  • A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
  • A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
    • the volume setting on a television
  • The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
  • Hunting with a setter.
  • Something set in, or inserted.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17
    • Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.
  • A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
  • *Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
  • *Bach's setting of the Magnificat

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that disappears below the horizon

    • Anagrams

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