Beginning vs Original - What's the difference?
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(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.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
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, title= (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
(label) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
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, title= (label) First in a series or copies/versions.
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, chapter=1 (label) Newly created.
(label) Fresh, different.
(label) Pioneering.
(label) Having as its origin.
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived
A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent
(archaic) An eccentric
As nouns the difference between beginning and original
is that beginning is 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 while original is an object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.As adjectives the difference between beginning and original
is that beginning is of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing while original is relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.As a verb beginning
is present participle of lang=en.beginning
English
Alternative forms
* begynnynge (obsolete)Noun
- The author describes the protagonist's youth in the beginning of the story
- The house you want is down at the beginning of the street
Synonyms
* (act of doing that which begins anything) commencing, start, starting * element, embryo, rudiment * (that which begins or originates something) origin, source, start, commencement * (initial portion of some extended thing) head, startAntonyms
* (act of doing that which begins anything) conclusion, endDerived terms
* a good beginning makes a good ending * beginning of day * in the beginningVerb
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning ; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Adjective
(-)- in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
- in the beginning section of the course
Synonyms
* first * initialStatistics
*original
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}
citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].}}
Synonyms
* (first in series ) initial * autograph * prototypeAntonyms
* copy * derivative * reproduction * simileDerived terms
* originally * original sinNoun
(en noun)- This manuscript is the original
- You’re an original