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Starting vs Initially - What's the difference?

starting | initially |

As a verb starting

is .

As a noun starting

is the act of something that starts.

As an adverb initially is

at the beginning.

starting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that starts.
    • constant startings and stoppings

    initially

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • At the beginning.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

    Synonyms

    * at first

    Antonyms

    * finally