Adverbial paying attention has 1 sense
  1. attentively, with attention, paying attention - in an attentive manner; "he listened attentively"
,Noun paying attention has 1 sense
  1. attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"
    --1 is a kind of attention, attending
    --1 has particulars: advertence, advertency
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