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Superintendence vs Handling - What's the difference?

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Superintendence is a related term of handling.


As nouns the difference between superintendence and handling

is that superintendence is the act of superintending; supervision while handling is a touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc, with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

As a verb handling is

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superintendence

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of superintending; supervision
  • *
    • then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.

    handling

    English

    (wikipedia handling)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) handlinge, hondlunge, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
  • * Edmund Spenser
    • The heavens and your fair handling / Have made you master of the field this day.
  • * 1864 , Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
    • at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings , &c.
  • (arts) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
    • (Fairholt)
  • A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.

    • Etymology 2

    From handle.

    Verb

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