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Taking vs Talking - What's the difference?

taking | talking |

As nouns the difference between taking and talking

is that taking is the act by which something is taken while talking is the action of the verb talk.

As verbs the difference between taking and talking

is that taking is present participle of lang=en while talking is present participle of lang=en.

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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    talking

    English

    Noun

  • The action of the verb talk .
  • * , chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking ; just to watch was pleasant.}}
  • * Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?
  • He did not himself care for the loose little talkings , half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.

    Verb

    (head)