different between imagining vs initiation

English

Noun

imagining (plural imaginings)

1. Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
   • 1977, Cat Stevens, (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard in Izitso, Dave Kershenbaum & Cat Stevens,

     Remember the days of the old schoolyard / When we had imaginings and we had / All kinds of things and we laughed / And needed love […]

   • 2006, Jessica Page Morrell, Between the Lines, Writer's Digest Books, page 15,

     Stories became part of the human existence, and since those first tales, some bathed in firelight, stories have transported listeners from their ordinary concerns into the world created by the storyteller and their own imaginings.

Verb

imagining

1. present participle of imagine
2. present participle of imagin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initi?ti?.Morphologically initiate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.n?.?i.?e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

initiation (countable and uncountable, plural initiations)

1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
3. (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Synonyms

• (act of initiating): beginning, start

Antonyms

• (act of initiating): conclusion, end

Related terms

• initial
• initiate
• initiationism

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French initiation, borrowed from Latin initi?ti?, initi?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ni.sja.sj??/

Noun

initiation f (plural initiations)

1. initiation

Related terms

• initier