different between tapping vs drilling

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): /?d??l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Etymology 1

drill +? -ing

Verb

drilling

1. present participle of drill

Noun

drilling (plural drillings)

1. Act of drilling.

Derived terms

• well drilling

Translations

Etymology 2

From German drei (three).

Noun

drilling (plural drillings)

1. A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

drilling

1. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.