different between dabbing vs tapping

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dabbing

dabbing (plural dabbings)

The act by which something is dabbed.
- 1852, The Journal of Health (page 226)
  About 10 o'clock A.M. the second dabbing or washing was repeated, and was this time extended above the knees. Two more dabbings followed in the course of the day […]

tapping (plural tappings)

An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20
  As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it […]
(music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.
- 1938, Paul Burke Jacobs, Harry Paul Newton, Motor Fuels from Farm Products (page 99)
  Competitive tappings of a common oil pool can lead only to waste and overproduction, unless rigidly regulated […]
(electrical engineering) A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.

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