different between gapping vs tapping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æp??/

Verb

gapping

1. present participle of gap

Noun

gapping (countable and uncountable, plural gappings)

1. (linguistics) A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."
2. (anatomy) The formation of a gap.
   • 1919, Studies from the Dept. of Anatomy (volume 7, page 505)

     The suture must be firm enough to prevent gapping when the elasticity of the elastic layer has been in play for some time.

   • 2012, Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Joan Carles Monllau, The ACL-Deficient Knee: A Problem Solving Approach (page 300)

     This test should then be repeated at 30° of knee flexion. The degree of injury can be graded based upon the amount of gapping felt as the joint opens under stress.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æp??

Noun

tapping (plural tappings)

1. 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 […]
2. (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
3. 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 […]

4. (electrical engineering) A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.

Verb

tapping

1. present participle of tap

References

• “tapping”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.