Difference between Alert and Alerting

What is the difference between Alert and Alerting?

Alert as a verb is to give warning to. while Alerting as a verb is to give warning to.

Alert

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Attentive; awake; on-guard.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An alarm. A notification.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give warning to.

Example sentence: Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we're preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that's worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.

Alerting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give warning to.

We hope you now know whether to use Alert or Alerting in your sentence.

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