different between backing vs edging

English

Etymology

back +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Noun

backing (countable and uncountable, plural backings)

1. Support, especially financial.

   It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants.

2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath.

   The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness.

3. (television, film) A backdrop.
   • 2013, Gerald Millerson, TV Scenic Design (page 134)

     The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside.

4. (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
5. The mounting of a horse or other animal.
6. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.

Translations

Adjective

backing (not comparable)

1. (music) Providing support for the main performer.

Verb

backing

1. present participle of back

Anagrams

• king cab

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d???/

Verb

edging

1. present participle of edge

Noun

edging (countable and uncountable, plural edgings)

(gerund form of edge)

1. Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.

   The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.

2. (rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
3. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
4. The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.

Antonyms

• (climbing) smearing

Anagrams

• nigged