Difference between Owed and Owing

What is the difference between Owed and Owing?

Owed as a verb is to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. while Owing as a verb is to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

Owed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That owes.

Example sentence: There's more evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election than there ever was of Russia collusion, so America is owed a legal examination of the election irregularities alleged by the Trump campaign.

Owing

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Still to be paid; owed as a debt.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

Example sentence: He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

We hope you now know whether to use Owed or Owing in your sentence.

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