How are the words "regarding" and "about" different?
What are the differences in usage, meaning, and grammatical differences?
Is "regarding" more formal than "about"?
I read some iPhone game development book. Following is part of it.
The iOS Simulator can be used to verify that your code functions, but it cannot measure how well your app performs— questions regarding slow Simulator performance are aplenty on the web. In
Itterheim, Steffen (2014-11-21). Learn SpriteBuilder for iOS Game Development (p. 4). Apress. Kindle Edition.
I think here we can use "about" instead of "regarding".
But almost book used "regarding" include this.
Best Answer
Both terms can mean having to do with or pertaining to the topic/subject of.
About can mean more things, though, such as all around.
You couldn't use regarding here.
Also, regarding works better at the beginning of sentences, especially if it's the first sentence in a response or conversation.
Regarding does have a more "business" feel to it, but there is nothing un-businesslike about about.