Sheltered vs Sheltering - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between sheltered and sheltering

is that sheltered is (shelter) while sheltering is .

is protected, as from wind or weather.

(en adjective)

Protected, as from wind or weather.

:The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.

(Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills, worldly experience, etc.

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