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Supporting vs Challenging - What's the difference?

supporting | challenging |

As adjectives the difference between supporting and challenging

is that supporting is that supports while challenging is difficult, hard to do.

As verbs the difference between supporting and challenging

is that supporting is while challenging is .

As a noun challenging is

the act of making a challenge.

supporting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That supports.

    • Derived terms

    * supporting actor * supporting aircraft * supporting arms * supporting artillery * supporting attack * supporting character

    Verb

    (head)

    • challenging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult, hard to do.

    • Antonyms

    * unchallenging

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a challenge.
  • * Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)
    • There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

    See also

    * challenge