Beginning vs. Starting

Difference Between Beginning and Starting
Beginningnoun
(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.
Startingnoun
The act of something that starts.
constant startings and stoppingsBeginningnoun
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Startingnoun
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 hospitalhis starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemenBeginningnoun
That which begins or originates something; the first cause.
Startingadjective
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear;
with eyes starting from their socketsBeginningnoun
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.Startingadjective
appropriate to the beginning or start of an event;
the starting pointhands in the starting positionBeginningverb
present participle of begin
He is beginning to read a new book.Beginningadjective
(informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
in the beginning paragraph of the chapterin the beginning section of the courseBeginningnoun
the event consisting of the start of something;
the beginning of the warBeginningnoun
the time at which something is supposed to begin;
they got an early startshe knew from the get-go that he was the man for herthe middle of the warrain during the middle of AprilBeginningnoun
the first part or section of something;
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a storyA whole is that which has beginning, middle, and endBeginningnoun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being;
the Italian beginning of the RenaissanceJupiter was the origin of the radiationPittsburgh is the source of the Ohio Rivercommunism's Russian rootBeginningnoun
the act of starting something;
he was responsible for the beginning of negotiationsBeginningadjective
serving to begin;
the beginning canto of the poemthe first verse