different between guidance vs dealing

English

Alternative forms

• guidaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From guide +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?d?ns/

Noun

guidance (countable and uncountable, plural guidances)

1. The act or process of guiding.
2. Advice or counselling on some topic.
3. Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English d?lung; equivalent to deal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: deal?ing

Noun

dealing (plural dealings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[1]:

     Shylock:

     O father Abram, what these Christians are,

     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect

     The thoughts of others! […]

Derived terms

• double-dealing
• fair dealing
• inside dealing
• slavedealing
• wheeling and dealing

Verb

dealing

1. present participle of deal

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, diangle, lagenid, leading, leidang