different between packing vs stacking

English

Etymology

From Middle English pakkyng; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pak??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæk??/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Verb

packing

1. present participle of pack

Derived terms

Noun

packing (plural packings)

1. The action of the verb.
   1. The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
   2. (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
   3. The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
   4. (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
2. As a concrete noun.
   1. Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
   2. Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
   3. A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
   4. Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.

      Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

Derived terms

• packing case
• packinghouse
• packing plant
• packing room

English

Noun

stacking (countable and uncountable, plural stackings)

1. The act by which something is stacked.

   the number of possible stackings of eight boxes

2. (uncountable) Sport stacking.
3. (chemistry, countable) A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.
4. Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.
5. (photography) An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.
6. (television) A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.

Derived terms

• antistacking

Verb

stacking

1. present participle of stack

Anagrams

• tackings