Why adding -ing
after bear becomes totally another word bearing whose meaning seems had nothing to do with a bear?
Was there any relationship between the two words?
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after bear becomes totally another word bearing whose meaning seems had nothing to do with a bear?
Was there any relationship between the two words?
Bear had no connection with the animal Bear. The bear becoming bearing means to support something like a weight while bearing is denoting a verbal action. An act of doing this. Bear is a homonym as it is spelled the same but has two different meanings.