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Volunteerism vs Volunteering - What's the difference?

volunteerism | volunteering |

As nouns the difference between volunteerism and volunteering

is that volunteerism is the reliance on volunteers to perform an important social or educational function while volunteering is the act of volunteering; the action of the verb volunteer

As a verb volunteering is

present participle of lang=en.

volunteerism

English

(wikipedia volunteerism)

Noun

(-)
  • (US) The reliance on volunteers to perform an important social or educational function.
  • The tendency to volunteer, the activity of volunteering.
    • His volunteerism eventually burned him out.

    See also

    * avocation * voluntarism English words suffixed with -ism

    volunteering

    English

    (wikipedia volunteering)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of volunteering; the action of the verb volunteer

    • See also

    * community service

    Verb

    (head)