different between supporting vs supporter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??p??t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p??t??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /s??po(?)?t??/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /s??po?t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??
• Hyphenation: sup?port?ing

Adjective

supporting (comparative more supporting, superlative most supporting)

1. That supports.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

supporting

1. present participle of support

Noun

supporting (plural supportings)

1. That which supports something else; a support.
   • 1847, Walter Henry Medhurst, A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese (page 252)

     But supposing that heaven had a Lord, then all included in its overspreadings and supportings, throughout the myriad of states, and within the four seas, would invariably be under the government of Heaven's Lord […]

   • 1913, Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute

     […] the pumps could he installed at once on the completion of the pump-house supportings.

English

Etymology

From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p??.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??p??.t?/, /-??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)
• Hyphenation: sup?port?er

Noun

supporter (plural supporters)

1. A person who gives support to someone or something.
   1. A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
   2. A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
   3. (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
2. Something that supports another thing.
   1. Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
   2. (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
   3. A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
      • 1957, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1961, ISBN 978-0-316-76954-9; LB Books edition, New York, N.Y.: LB Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0-606-28833-0, page 117:

        From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.

   4. Clipping of athletic supporter.

Synonyms

• adherent
• proponent

Antonyms

• detractor
• opponent

Translations

Anagrams

• superport

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English supporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??p?rt?r/, /sy?p?rt?r/
• Hyphenation: sup?por?ter

Noun

supporter m (plural supporters, diminutive supportertje n)

1. (sports) A supporter, a sports fan supporting a certain team or person.

French

Etymology 1

From Latin support?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.te/

Verb

supporter

1. to support
2. to bear
   • François Pérusse

     Je ne supporte pas le mot injustice.

     I can't bear the word injustice.

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English supporter.

Alternative forms

• supporteur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.t??/

Noun

supporter m (plural supporters)

1. (sports) supporter, fan

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English supporter.

Noun

supporter m or f (invariable)

1. supporter, fan
2. support act

Latin

Verb

supporter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of support?