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Taking vs Arrogation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taking and arrogation

is that taking is the act by which something is taken while arrogation is the unjust assumption of rights or privilege.

As an adjective taking

is alluring; attractive.

As a verb taking

is present participle of lang=en.

taking

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • alluring; attractive.
  • * Fuller
    • subtile in making his temptations most taking
  • (obsolete) infectious; contagious
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Noun

  • The act by which something is taken.
  • * 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
    • Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
  • (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
  • (uncountable) An apprehension.
  • (countable) That which has been gained.
    • Count the shop's takings .

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

    • Derived terms

    * for the taking

    See also

    * takings

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    arrogation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.
    • The President's arrogation of this new Act oversteps his bounds and causes our rights to suffer.