different between sending vs getting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd??/

Verb

sending

1. present participle of send

Noun

sending (plural sendings)

1. The act by which somebody or something is sent.

Anagrams

• endings

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zending, from Middle Dutch sendinge. Equivalent to send +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.d??/

Noun

sending (plural sendings)

1. (Protestantism) mission (proselytisation)
2. mission, task, objective
3. something sent

Derived terms

• sendingskool
• sendingstasie
• sendingwerk

Faroese

Etymology

From senda (“to send”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, plural sendingar)

1. (post, transport) delivery, mail
2. (media) program (news, shows etc., broadcast on radio or television)
3. (communication) transmission (data etc.)
4. (sports) pass, shot

Declension

Antonyms

• móttøka

Derived terms

• brævasending
• virðissending
• hópsending
• pakkasending
• skundsending
• sjónvarpssending
• útvarpssending
• tíðindasending
• dátusending

Related terms

• flutningur
• brævaflutningur
• pakkaflutningur
• postflutningur
• sjónvarpsskrá
• útvarpsskrá
• sendiferð
• fjarskifti
• samskifti

Icelandic

Etymology

From senda (“to send”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nti?k/

Noun

sending f (genitive singular sendingar, nominative plural sendingar)

1. sending, dispatching
2. shipment, consignment
3. (sports) pass

Declension

Derived terms

• orðsending
• stoðsending
• útsending
• vörusending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t??/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [??????]
  • (US)
  • (Cockney, younger speakers in the UK) IPA^(key): [??e???]

Verb

getting

1. present participle of get

Noun

getting (plural gettings)

1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

   • With all thy getting, get understanding.

2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
   • 1882, Charlotte Riddell, "Old Mrs Jones", in Weird Stories, page 135

     She was always considering how to increase her "gettings," but she never gave a thought as to how she might save them.

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