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Taking vs Entering - What's the difference?

taking | entering |

As nouns the difference between taking and entering

is that taking is the act by which something is taken while entering is action of the verb to (enter).

As verbs the difference between taking and entering

is that taking is while entering is .

As an adjective taking

is alluring; attractive.

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

    Statistics

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    entering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to (enter)

    • Derived terms

    * breaking and entering