different between strapping vs trapping

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

strapping

1. present participle of strap

Adjective

strapping (comparative more strapping, superlative most strapping)

1. Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
2. (obsolete) Of a young woman: full of vigor; lusty.

Translations

Noun

strapping (countable and uncountable, plural strappings)

1. Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
2. A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
3. A beating with a strap.
4. The act of fastening with a strap.

Translations

Anagrams

• trappings

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