different between skimming vs trapping

English

Verb

skimming

1. present participle of skim

Noun

skimming (plural skimmings)

1. Something skimmed from a surface etc.

   aluminium skimmings

   sorghum syrup skimmings

2. A motion or action that skims.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     I was forced, too, to wonder if my previous world-views had not been too pallid, too superficial, and altogether too 'rational' — mere skimmings or skatings on the surface of reality […]

3. (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æp??/
• Rhymes: -æp??

Etymology 1

From trap.

Verb

trapping

1. present participle of trap

Noun

trapping (plural trappings)

1. An instance of ensnaring something or someone.

Etymology 2

From Middle English trap, trappe (“personal belongings, owndom, household goods”) (compare Middle English trappen (“to deck, caparison”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin trapus (“cloth”), from Frankish *traba, *trapa (“cloth, thread, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *trab?, *traf?, *tr?b (“fringe, rags”), from Proto-Indo-European *dr?p-, *dr?b- (“rag”). Akin to Old High German traba (“fringe, tatters, thread”), Old Norse traf (“headscarf”). Compare Spanish trapo (“rag”).

Noun

trapping (plural trappings)

1. An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

See also

• trappings