different between damping vs vamping

English

Verb

damping

1. present participle of damp

Noun

damping (plural dampings)

1. (mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy
2. (mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation

Translations

Middle English

Noun

damping

1. Alternative form of dampnyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From dampe +? -ing

Noun

damping f or m (definite singular dampinga or dampingen, indefinite plural dampinger, definite plural dampingene)

1. steaming (of something)

References

• “dampe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From dampe +? -ing

Noun

damping f (definite singular dampinga, indefinite plural dampingar, definite plural dampingane)

1. steaming (of something)

English

Verb

vamping

1. present participle of vamp

Noun

vamping (plural vampings)

1. The behaviour of one who vamps.
   • 2001, David Barry Desmond Asker, Aspects of Metamorphosis (page 53)

     It is not only the baleful vampings of the fundamental Christians (the Creationists) that remain opposed to the Darwinian view, but also (and much more significantly) a subjective anthropocentrism that refuses to move over willingly or easily […]

2. camping by vampires
   • 2017 Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley, "Vamping Trip", Vampirina

     all part of the vamping experience