gerund vs. infinitive: See the Difference

gerund vs. infinitive

Grammar.

(in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin �徱��Ի�ī genitive, �徱��Ի�ō dative, ablative, etc., “saying.” gerundive ( def 1 ).
the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.

: infin.
1. in English, the simple or basic form of a verb, with no endings to indicate the verb’s subject or tense, such as come, take, eat, be: used after auxiliary verbs or preceded by the word to, and sometimes functioning as a noun, such as He must be, I want to eat, To love is to understand. Compare finite verb ( def ).
2. a verb form found in many other languages that has a similar function, such as French venir “to come” or Latin esse “to be.”

consisting of or containing an infinitive: : infin.
an infinitive construction.