different between napping vs tapping

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

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.