different between observing vs regarding

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?z?v??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?z??v??/, /?b?z??v??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v??
• Hyphenation: ob?serv?ing

Verb

observing

1. present participle of observe

Noun

observing (plural observings)

1. observation
   • 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)

     Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??????d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????d??/
• Hyphenation: re?gard?ing
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??

Verb

regarding

1. present participle of regard

Preposition

regarding

1. Concerning, respecting.

Synonyms

• about, apropos, with respect to; See also Thesaurus:about

Translations

Noun

regarding (plural regardings)

1. The act by which something is regarded or observed.
   • 1844, Pope Gregory I, Morals on the Book of Job

     […] God Invisible by the assumption of His Manhood was laid open to the regardings of our sight.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     […] to his wearied mates, seeking repose within six inches of his ivory heel, such would have been the reverberating crack and din of that bony step, that their dreams would have been of the crunching teeth of sharks. But once, the mood was on him too deep for common regardings; and as with heavy, lumber-like pace he was measuring the ship from taffrail to mainmast, Stubb, the odd second mate, came up from below […]

Anagrams

• gang-rider, regrading