Sitting vs. Seating
Difference Between Sitting and Seating
Sittingnoun
A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.Seatingnoun
(uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit
There is plenty of comfortable seating.Sittingnoun
A legislative session.
Seatingnoun
(countable) A period of time in which a restaurant will seat guests
Sittingnoun
The act (of a bird) of incubating eggs.
Seatingnoun
Material for making seats.
cane seatingSittingnoun
A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggsSeatingnoun
A housing in which a component is seated.
Sittingverb
present participle of sit
Seatingverb
present participle of seat
Sittingadjective
Executed from a sitting position.
Seatingnoun
an area that includes seats for several people;
there is seating for 40 students in this classroomSittingadjective
Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.
Seatingnoun
the service of ushering people to their seats
Sittingnoun
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait);
he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sittingSittingnoun
the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position;
he read the mystery at one sittingSittingnoun
a meeting of spiritualists;
the seance was held in the medium's parlorSittingnoun
a session as of a legislature or court
Sittingadjective
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks;
the seated Madonnathe audience remained seatedSittingadjective
not moving and therefore easy to attack;
a sitting target
