different between deed vs writing

English

Etymology

From Middle English dede, from Old English d?d, d?d (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *d?di, from Proto-Germanic *d?diz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?éh?tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do +? -th. Doublet of thesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Noun

deed (plural deeds)

1. An action or act; something that is done.

   • And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?

2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
   • whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn

3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

   I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.

4. (law) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.

   I inherited the deed to the house.

Synonyms

• (action): act, action; see also Thesaurus:action
• (law): document, certificate, instrument

Derived terms

• deedful
• deedholder
• deedless
• deedly
• deed of assumption
• deed poll
• indeed
• misdeed

Translations

Verb

deed (third-person singular simple present deeds, present participle deeding, simple past and past participle deeded)

1. (informal) To transfer real property by deed.

   He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

Derived terms

• undeeded

Translations

Anagrams

• dede

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?t/

Verb

deed

1. singular past indicative of doen

Anagrams

• dede

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ded

Etymology

From Old English d?ad.

Adjective

deed

1. dead (no longer alive)
2. inert, inactive.

Related terms

• dedly

Descendants

• English: dead
• Scots: dede, deid, deed
• Yola: deed

References

• “d?d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Verb

deed

1. past participle of dee
2. (South Scots) past participle of dei

Adverb

deed

1. indeed

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English deed.

Adjective

deed

1. dead

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?t??ng, IPA^(key): /??a?t??/
• Hyphenation: writ?ing
• Rhymes: -a?t??

Etymology 1

From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wr?ting (“writing”), equivalent to write +? -ing.

Noun

writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)

1. (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
2. (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
3. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
4. (countable) A work of an author.
5. (countable) The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

6. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

Synonyms

• (written letters or symbols that express some meaning): text
• (something written): document, manuscript, text
• (work of an author): work
• (the style of writing of a person): hand, handwriting
• (intended for or used in writing): alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wr?tende, present participle of Old English wr?tan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write +? -ing.

Verb

writing

1. present participle of write
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     What are you doing? ? Um, I’m writing. ? You are writing! You are writing a lot!

Anagrams

• twiring

Old English

Etymology

From wr?tan +? -ing.

Noun

wr?ting f

1. writing

Declension

Derived terms

• wr?tingfeþer f (“pen”)

Descendants

• Middle English: writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng
  • English: writing
  • Scots: writing