different between become vs getting

English

Etymology

A compound of the sources of be- and come.From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikweman? (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) +? come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??k?m/, /b??k?m/

  (Northern England) IPA^(key): /b??k?m/, /b??k?m/

• (US) IPA^(key): /b??k?m/, /bi?k?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Hyphenation: be?come

Verb

become (third-person singular simple present becomes, present participle becoming, simple past became, past participle become or (rare, dialectal) becomen)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place). [9th–18th c.]
2. (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. [from 12th c.]

3. (copulative) begin to be; turn into. [from 12th c.]

   Synonyms: get, turn, go
5. (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
   • 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, scene ii:

     Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant,

     And bring thee forth brave brood.

   • 1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966,^[1]

     He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity […]

   • 1930, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, 2010, p.7:

     His ordination […] enabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.

6. (transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). [from 14th c.]

Usage notes

• In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use, and verbs used -est for distinct second-person singular indicative forms, the verb call had the form becomest, and had becamest for its past tense.
• Similarly, when the ending -eth was in active use for third-person singular present indicative forms, the form becometh was used.

Synonyms

• (to be suitable for): befit, suit

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References

• become in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• become in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “become”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t??/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [??????]
  • (US)
  • (Cockney, younger speakers in the UK) IPA^(key): [??e???]

Verb

getting

1. present participle of get

Noun

getting (plural gettings)

1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

   • With all thy getting, get understanding.

2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
   • 1882, Charlotte Riddell, "Old Mrs Jones", in Weird Stories, page 135

     She was always considering how to increase her "gettings," but she never gave a thought as to how she might save them.

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