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Taking vs Giving - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between taking and giving

is that taking is alluring; attractive while giving is having the tendency to give; generous.

As nouns the difference between taking and giving

is that taking is the act by which something is taken while giving is the act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

As verbs the difference between taking and giving

is that taking is present participle of lang=en while giving 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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    giving

    English

    (wikipedia giving)

    Verb

    (head)
    • ''These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface.' - First Usenet use via Google Groups, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having the tendency to give; generous
    • To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the wisdom to see people's needs and the desire to meet them. - net.flame - 26 Mar 1984 by Jeff Sargent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
  • A gift; a benefaction.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
  • * Addison
    • Upon the first giving of the weather.

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