different between tapping vs batting

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æp??

Noun

tapping (plural tappings)

1. An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 20

     As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it […]
2. (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
3. The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.
   • 1938, Paul Burke Jacobs, Harry Paul Newton, Motor Fuels from Farm Products (page 99)

     Competitive tappings of a common oil pool can lead only to waste and overproduction, unless rigidly regulated […]

4. (electrical engineering) A connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.

Verb

tapping

1. present participle of tap

References

• “tapping”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæt??/
• Rhymes: -æt??

Etymology 1

From bat +? -ing, batt +? -ing (“material, collection”).

Noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

1. (sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
2. Special cotton for surgery.

Synonyms

• bat, batt

Translations

Etymology 2

From bat +? -ing (“action”).

Noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

1. The act of someone who bats.

   the battings of her eyelashes

2. (cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.

Derived terms

• open the batting

Verb

batting

1. present participle of bat

References

• “batting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Westrobothnian

Noun

batting

1. A 2.5 inches thick plank.