different between stopping vs topping

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 toppyng; equivalent to top +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?p??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??
• Hyphenation: top?ping

Verb

topping

1. present participle of top

Derived terms

• topping cycle

Adjective

topping (comparative more topping, superlative most topping)

1. (Britain, informal, dated) wonderful
2. (archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.

   • A second Ground, upon which Men are apt to persuade themselves, that they shall escape the Stroke of Divine Justice for their Sins, is their Observation of the great and flourishing Condition of some of the topping Sinners of the World.

Noun

topping (plural toppings)

1. Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
2. The act of cutting off the top of something.
3. (nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
4. (nautical) Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.
5. (fishing) The tail of an artificial fly.

Coordinate terms

• (food item added on top): garnish

Related terms

• top off
• topper-offer

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English topping.

Noun

topping m (plural toppings)

1. topping (of food)