[Grammar] Eating habits are not easy to change.

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Eating habits are not easy to change.

In the above sentence, is the word "eating" a present participle or a gerund?
 
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Well, it's not a verb. Instead it acts as an adjective.
 
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"Eating habits" refers to habits of eating, not to the eating of habits. :)
 
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