different between napping vs capping

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: knapping
• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

napping

1. present participle of nap

See also

• catch napping

Noun

napping (plural nappings)

1. The act of taking a nap or short sleep.
   • 1993, Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Elizabeth Lipton Cobbs, Kenneth Brummel-Smith, Ambulatory geriatric care (page 552)

     Poor or inadequate sleep hygiene may contribute to difficulty falling asleep and may be a factor in sleep onset insomnia for elderly persons. This is most frequently caused by haphazard and irregular nappings.

2. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nappyng, nappunge, nappinge, nappynge

Etymology

From Old English hnappung; equivalent to nappen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?napin?/

Noun

napping

1. (rare) Sleep, napping, slumbering.
2. (rare) Sleepiness, tiredness.

References

• “napping(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

English

Etymology

From cap +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kap??/

Verb

capping

1. present participle of cap

Noun

capping (countable and uncountable, plural cappings)

1. The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
2. (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
3. The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
4. The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
5. (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
6. (Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
7. The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability for easy and fast comprehension. (See also. CAPPING) Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.