Beginning vs. Starting — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Beginning and Starting
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Definitions
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.
Starting➦
To have a beginning; commence
The movie starts at nine.
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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.
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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
