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Thinking vs Wondering - What's the difference?

thinking | wondering |

As nouns the difference between thinking and wondering

is that thinking is gerund of think while wondering is the mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc.

As verbs the difference between thinking and wondering

is that thinking is present participle of lang=en while wondering is present participle of lang=en.

thinking

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Gerund of think.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage= But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking —and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.}}

    Derived terms

    * critical thinking * thinking man * wishful thinking

    Verb

    (head)
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking ; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

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    wondering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc.