functioning vs going

functioning

noun
  • Action of the verb function. 

  • Manner by which something functions; the workings. 

adj
  • Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society. 

  • Functional, working 

going

noun
  • Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. 

  • Conditions for advancing in any way. 

  • The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. 

  • The whereabouts (of something). 

  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. 

  • Progress. 

  • A departure. 

verb
  • Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. 

adj
  • Likely to continue; viable. 

  • Current, prevailing. 

  • Available. 

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