different between filing vs sawing

English

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably split in 2 etymologies”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fa?.l??/
• Rhymes: -a?l??

Noun

filing (plural filings)

1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

   The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.

2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
   • 2018, Jon Swaine, The Guardian, 30 November:

     Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.

Translations

See also

• fine

Verb

filing

1. present participle of file

See also

• filling

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????

Verb

sawing

1. present participle of saw

Noun

sawing (plural sawings)

1. The act by which something is sawn.
   • 1966, Finnish Paper and Timber (volumes 17-20, page 168)

     As said, these investigations generally do not pay attention to saw kerf width and green size of sawn timber. These studies have mainly been made by practical test sawings and subsequently checked by geometric calculations.

2. (usually in the plural) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
   • 1892, The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry (volume 6, page 388)

     We find that from a sample of sawings of the usual size a button or small bar fairly representing the sample can be cast from about 2,000 grains.

Anagrams

• aswing, saw gin, wigans

Tagalog

Noun

sawíng

1. small, native, straw hat with a wide brim