different between fluent vs moving

English

Etymology

Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of flu? (“I flow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?flu??nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?flu?nt/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?flju??nt/
• Rhymes: -??nt

Adjective

fluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)

1. That flows; flowing, liquid.
2. (linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.

Usage notes

In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency broadly, while in narrow use it refers to using a language flowingly, rather than haltingly.

Synonyms

• (that flows): fluent; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny

Related terms

• fluency
• fluently

Translations

Noun

fluent (plural fluents)

1. (mathematics, obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

References

Anagrams

• netful, unfelt

Latin

Verb

fluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of flu?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluens.

Adjective

fluent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fluent or fluente)

1. (of a liquid) flowing; that flows

Related terms

• fluer

Romanian

Etymology

From French fluent

Adjective

fluent m or n (feminine singular fluent?, masculine plural fluen?i, feminine and neuter plural fluente)

1. fluent

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu?v??/
• Rhymes: -u?v??
• Hyphenation: mov?ing

Adjective

moving (comparative more moving, superlative most moving)

1. (not comparable) That moves or move.

   moving pictures

2. That causes someone to feel emotion.
   • 1813, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Remorse

     't was a moving letter, very moving!

Antonyms

• (moving object): stationary

Translations

Verb

moving

1. present participle of move

Noun

moving (countable and uncountable, plural movings)

1. (uncountable) The relocation of goods
2. (countable) A causing of a movement

   The rats' movings are willed movements.

Wikibooks

Derived terms

• earth moving