different between stopping vs stepping

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: st?p??ng, IPA^(key): /?st?p??/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: st?p??ng, IPA^(key): /?st?p??/
• Hyphenation: stop?ping
• Rhymes: -?p??

Verb

stopping

1. present participle of stop

Derived terms

Noun

stopping (plural stoppings)

1. The act of something that stops; a halt.

2. Material for filling a cavity.
3. (mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
4. A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
   • 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse

     The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .

Synonyms

• (act of something that stops): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Anagrams

• Toppings, toppings

English

Etymology

From Middle English steppyng; equivalent to step +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?p??/
• Hyphenation: step?ping

Verb

stepping

1. present participle of step

Noun

stepping (plural steppings)

1. The act of taking a step.
   • 2005, Miriandra Rota, Pathways and Parables for a Changing World (page 263)

     In the steppings of my feet, you are always my mother.

2. (computing) A specific iteration of a model of central processing unit, often distinguished by the addition or removal of features compared to earlier examples of the same processor, or the presence, or lack thereof, of specific bugs.

   The 80386's early steppings have quite a lot of bugs, so some software specifically tests to make sure that the processor isn't one of those old versions.

Derived terms

• stepping motor
• stepping stone
• stepping switch

Middle English

Noun

stepping

1. Alternative form of steppyng