different between rigging vs jigging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????/
• Rhymes: -????

Etymology 1

From Middle English riggyng, ryggyng, riggynge, equivalent to rig +? -ing.

Noun

rigging (countable and uncountable, plural riggings)

1. Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
2. Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.

Hyponyms

• (tackle of a sailing vessel): running rigging, standing rigging

Meronyms

• (tackle of a sailing vessel): See Thesaurus:rigging

Derived terms

• election-rigging

Translations

Etymology 2

From rig +? -ing.

Verb

rigging

1. present participle of rig

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?????/

Verb

jigging

1. present participle of jig

Noun

jigging (plural jiggings)

1. The act of dancing a jig.
   • 1837, Memoirs of Mirabeau (in The Westminster Review, volume 26, page 436)

     There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

2. (mining) The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.