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Teaching vs Tradition - What's the difference?

teaching | tradition |

As nouns the difference between teaching and tradition

is that teaching is something taught by a religious or philosophical authority while tradition is tradition.

As a verb teaching

is .

teaching

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
    • Many follow the teachings of Confucius.
  • The profession of teaching.
    • Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Related terms

    * teach

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    tradition

    English

    (wikipedia tradition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=2 citation , passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}
  • *
  • A commonly held system. (rfex)
  • The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
  • * Blackstone
    • A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.

    Derived terms

    * traditional * traditionally * traditionalism

    Synonyms

    * (a commonly held system) doctrine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
  • * Fuller
    • The following story is traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.

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