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Getting vs Gotten - What's the difference?

getting | gotten |

As verbs the difference between getting and gotten

is that getting is present participle of lang=en while gotten is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun getting

is the act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

As an adjective gotten is

obtained, acquired.

getting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
  • * Bible, Proverbs iv. 7
    • With all thy getting , get understanding.
  • That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
  • * J. H. Riddell, Old Mrs Jones
    • 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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    gotten

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (now mostly, North America, Irish, Northern British)
    • Usage notes
    The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has largely lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mostly in combination) obtained, acquired

    • Derived terms

    * ill-gotten English irregular past participles