As adjectives the difference between attending and taking
is that
attending is that while
taking is alluring; attractive.
As nouns the difference between attending and taking
is that
attending is (us) a physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care while
taking is the act by which something is taken.
As verbs the difference between attending and taking
is that
attending is while
taking is .
attending English
Adjective
(-)
That .
Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
Noun
( en noun)
(US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 11, author=, title=Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships, work=New York Times citation
, passage=All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before.}}
Verb
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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)
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*: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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