different between said vs saying

English

Alternative forms

• saide, sayde, seyde (obsolete)
• sayed (nonstandard)
• sed (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English s?de, sæ?de (preterite) and ?esæ?d (past participle), equivalent to say +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?d, IPA^(key): /s?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

said

1. simple past tense and past participle of say

Adjective

said (not comparable)

1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Translations

Determiner

said

1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Translations

See also

• Said for proper noun sense

Anagrams

• AIDS, Aids, Dais, IADS, IADs, aids, dais, daïs, sadi, sida

Estonian

Verb

said

1. Second-person singular past form of saama.
2. Third-person plural past form of saama.

Middle English

Verb

said

1. Alternative form of seide

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) seit
• (Sutsilvan) set
• (Surmiran) seid

Etymology

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *d?g??ítis (“perishing, decrease”).

Noun

said f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) thirst

English

Etymology

say +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?se???/
• Rhymes: -e???
• Hyphenation: say?ing

Verb

saying

1. present participle of say

Noun

saying (plural sayings)

1. A proverb or maxim.
2. (obsolete) That which is said; a statement.
   • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

     And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying,
     Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.

Synonyms

• maxim, proverb, saw, expression
• See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

Further reading

• saying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• saying in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.