Bidding & Biding

The difference is actually not between bidding and biding, it is between bid and bide. The latter means to dwell on something, and hence its usage in the phrase: bide one’s time.

Bide is actually an archaic term now and is not used commonly other than in the phrase given above.

Tool tip to remember the difference :

Just Remember: Bidding comes from ‘bid’ and biding comes from ‘bide’ .

Examples of incorrect uses of bidding and biding:

1. People were amazed to see how a low cost won the biding.
2. He is very honest and law bidding.

Examples of correct uses of bidding and biding:

1. I went their because of her bidding.
2. He was biding his time in the hope for a change.

A Quick Recap:

Bidding means to offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold: “He plans to stop bidding on his house by making a counter offer.”
Biding means waiting for the right time before doing something: “He is biding his time so that he can enter the bidding process at the right time and stop bidding on his house by making a counter offer.”