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Trades vs Trading - What's the difference?

trades | trading |

As nouns the difference between trades and trading

is that trades is plural of lang=en while trading is the carrying on of trade.

As verbs the difference between trades and trading

is that trades is third-person singular of trade while trading is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective trading is

carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.

trades

English

Noun

(head)
  • (only as plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
  • They rode the trades going west.
  • (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
  • Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trade)
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    trading

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.
  • a trading company
  • (obsolete, rare) Frequented by traders.
  • * Milton
  • they on the trading flood
  • (obsolete) venal; corrupt; jobbing
  • a trading politician

    Noun

  • The carrying on of trade.
  • * Bible, Revelations
  • But thy riches and thy tradings , thy merchandise, and they who trade thy traffic, shall fall into the heart of the seas

    Derived terms

    * program trading (Webster 1913)

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