different between tamping vs vamping

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tamp +? -ing

tamping (comparative more tamping, superlative most tamping)

tamping

tamping (countable and uncountable, plural tampings)

The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, with earth, sand, or similar material in order to contain and direct explosive force meant to blast the rock or collapse the mine.
The material used in tamping.

vamping

vamping (plural vampings)

The behaviour of one who vamps.
- 2001, David Barry Desmond Asker, Aspects of Metamorphosis (page 53)
  It is not only the baleful vampings of the fundamental Christians (the Creationists) that remain opposed to the Darwinian view, but also (and much more significantly) a subjective anthropocentrism that refuses to move over willingly or easily […]
camping by vampires
- 2017 Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley, "Vamping Trip", Vampirina
  all part of the vamping experience

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