Difference between Farewell and Leave-taking

What is the difference between Farewell and Leave-taking?

Farewell as a noun is a wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu. while Leave-taking as a noun is the process of saying goodbye.

Farewell

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: parting; valedictory; final;

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: goodbye

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bid farewell or say goodbye

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu. An act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

Example sentence: The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South.

Leave-taking

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The process of saying goodbye.

We hope you now know whether to use Farewell or Leave-taking in your sentence.

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