different between napping vs zapping

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

• IPA^(key): /?zæp??/
• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

zapping

1. Present participle and gerund of zap.

Noun

zapping (plural zappings)

1. The act or result of being zapped.

French

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.pi?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

zapping m (uncountable)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Further reading

• “zapping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??apin/

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with facer (facer zapping) or is also zapear.

Synonyms

• zapeo

Related terms

• zapear

Portuguese

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with fazer (facer zapping) or is also zapear and zapar

Related terms

• zapear, zapar

Spanish

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??apin/, [??a.p?n]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sapin/, [?sa.p?n]

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. (Spain) zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

   Synonym: zapeo

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with hacer (hacer zapping) or is also zapear.

Related terms

• zapear