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Starring vs Staring - What's the difference?

starring | staring |

As verbs the difference between staring and starring

is that staring is present participle of lang=en while starring is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between staring and starring

is that staring is the act of one who stares while starring is the action of the verb to star.

As an adjective starring is

of, relating to, or in the manner of a star.

starring

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of, relating to, or in the manner of a star
    • Charlton Heston had a starring role in Ben-Hur.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (with a film as its subject ) That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.
    • Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston

    Synonyms

    * (having actors in its cast''): featuring (''often used for actors other than those in the lead roles )

    Noun

    (-)
  • The action of the verb to star .

    • staring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who stares.
  • * (Herman Melville), Pierre
    • Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space

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