different between tanking vs banking

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tanking

tanking (plural tankings)

A session of being immersed in a tank.
- 1993, Virginia Medical Quarterly (volumes 120-121, page 44)
  The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.

banking (countable and uncountable, plural bankings)

The business of managing a bank.
The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
(aviation) A horizontal turn.
A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
- 1825, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
  The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are very easily banked; a pin fixed in the balance, coming in contact with one or two studs, is sufficient for that purpose. […]
(rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.

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