different between attending vs attentive

English

Etymology

attend +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??
• Hyphenation: at?tend?ing

Adjective

attending (not comparable)

1. That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
2. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.

Translations

Noun

attending (plural attendings)

1. (Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
   • 2002, Harry Lee Kraus, Could I Have This Dance? (page 45)

     All the new interns had heard of his operative speed, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature.

Translations

Verb

attending

1. present participle of attend

English

Etymology

From Middle English attentif, attentijf, from Old French attentif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nt?v/

Adjective

attentive (comparative more attentive, superlative most attentive)

1. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

   She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.

   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94):

     King-of-the-Sky was sitting alone in the Leeward Village meeting-house, gesticulating to the attentive shades of night, roaring out the genealogy of his ancestors, telling the sleeping world of his greatness.

2. Courteous; mindful.

   a husband attentive to his wife's needs

Synonyms

• audient
• mindful
• reckful

Antonyms

• inattentive, reckless

Translations

See also

• alert
• wary
• watchful

Anagrams

• tentative

French

Adjective

attentive

1. feminine singular of attentif