different between furthering vs propagation

English

Verb

furthering

1. present participle of further

Noun

furthering (plural furtherings)

1. The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.

   • […] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.

English

Etymology

From Middle French propagation, from Old French propagacion, from Latin propagatio.Morphologically propagate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

propagation (countable and uncountable, plural propagations)

1. the multiplication or natural increase in a population
2. the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number
3. (physics) the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave
4. (genetics) the elongation part of transcription
5. (religion) winning new converts
6. some degree of success in the spread of propaganda

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?p?g?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

propagation f (plural propagations)

1. propagation

Related terms

• propager

Further reading

• “propagation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).