ing usage


Dear all,

Is there a clear answer to the following question?
In formal academic usage, should I avoid the 'ing' use in the following context?

The term to define this concept
The term defining this concept

Actually please take my question in general. I am not sure if this example is referring to what I intended to ask.
I jsut remember that one of my teachers told that we should avoid the ing form where it is possible to use "to + infitive"

avoid: doing
use: to do



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