different between mounting vs backing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?nt??/
• Rhymes: -a?nt??

Adjective

mounting (not comparable)

1. That continues to mount; steadily accumulating.

Translations

Verb

mounting

1. present participle of mount

Noun

mounting (plural mountings)

1. Something mounted; an attachment.
2. The act of one who mounts.
   • 1834, John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales

     The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.

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

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