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Sold vs Selling - What's the difference?

sold | selling |

As verbs the difference between sold and selling

is that sold is past tense of sell while selling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between sold and selling

is that sold is solary; military pay while selling is action of the verb to sell.

sold

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (sell)
    • Derived terms
    * oversold

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) solde. See soldier, and compare sou.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) solary; military pay
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

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    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms

    selling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • Action of the verb to sell .
    • buyings and sellings