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Beginning vs. Starting — What's the Difference?

Beginning vs. Starting — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Beginning and Starting

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Beginning

The point in time or space at which something begins
They had reached the beginning of the wood
He left at the beginning of February

Starting

To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking
She started to dance. The dog started barking. Once we start in, we'll get a feel for the project.

Beginning

The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start
The beginning of the universe.

Starting

To move on the initial part of a journey
They started for the summit.

Beginning

The time when something begins or is begun
The beginning of June.
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Starting

To have a beginning; commence
The movie starts at nine.

Beginning

The place where something begins or is begun
At the beginning of the road.

Starting

To come quickly into view, life, or activity; spring forth
The boy's tears started when the balloon popped.

Beginning

The first part
The front matter is at the beginning of the book.

Starting

To have as an initial part or job
I started as an assistant.

Beginning

Often beginnings An early stage or phase
The beginnings of human life on this planet.

Starting

To move one's body or a part of it suddenly or involuntarily
Started at the loud noise.

Beginning

The source or cause
What was the beginning of the dispute?.

Starting

(Sports) To be in the initial lineup of a game or race.

Beginning

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

Starting

To protrude or bulge
Eyes that fairly started from their sockets in fear.

Beginning

That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

Starting

To become loosened or disengaged.

Beginning

That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?

Starting

To take the first step in doing
We start work at dawn.

Beginning

The initial portion of some extended thing.
The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
That house is at the beginning of the street.

Starting

To cause to come into being; make happen or originate
Bad wiring started the fire. The website started the rumor.

Beginning

Present participle of begin
He is beginning to read a new book.

Starting

To set into motion, operation, or activity
Start an engine.
A shot that started the race.

Beginning

(informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
In the beginning paragraph of the chapter
In the beginning section of the course

Starting

To begin to attend
Start school.

Beginning

The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Starting

To cause (someone) to have an initial position or role
The manager started him in marketing.

Beginning

That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
I am . . . the beginning and the ending.

Starting

To play in the initial lineup of (a game).

Beginning

That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Starting

To put (a player) into the initial lineup of a game.

Beginning

Enterprise.

Starting

To enter (a participant) into a race or game.

Beginning

The event consisting of the start of something;
The beginning of the war

Starting

To found; establish
Start a business.

Beginning

The time at which something is supposed to begin;
They got an early start
She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April

Starting

To tend in an early stage of development
Start seedlings.

Beginning

The first part or section of something;
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end

Starting

To rouse (game) from its hiding place or lair; flush.

Beginning

The place where something begins, where it springs into being;
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Communism's Russian root

Starting

To cause to become displaced or loosened.

Beginning

The act of starting something;
He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations

Starting

An act of beginning; an initial effort
I made a start on keeping a journal.

Beginning

Serving to begin;
The beginning canto of the poem
The first verse

Starting

The beginning of a new construction project
An application for a building start.

Starting

A result of an initial effort
What we did may not sound like much, but it's a start.

Starting

A place or time of beginning
At the start of the decade.

Starting

A starting line for a race.

Starting

A signal to begin a race.

Starting

An instance of beginning a race
A sprinter who improved her start.

Starting

An instance of being in the starting lineup for a game, especially as a pitcher
In five starts, he has three wins.

Starting

A startled reaction or movement.

Starting

A part that has become dislocated or loosened.

Starting

A position of advantage over others, as in a race or an endeavor; a lead
Our rivals have a three-month start in research.

Starting

An opportunity granted to pursue a career or course of action.

Starting

Present participle of start#Verb

Starting

The act of something that starts.
Constant startings and stoppings

Starting

A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning);
He got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital
His starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen

Starting

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear;
With eyes starting from their sockets

Starting

Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event;
The starting point
Hands in the starting position

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