different between turning vs banking

English

Etymology

turn +? -ing

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûr?-n?ng, IPA^(key): /?t??.n??/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?t??.n??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?t?.n??]
• Rhymes: -??(r)n??
• Hyphenation: turn?ing
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

turning (plural turnings)

1. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

   Take the second turning on the left.

2. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
4. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
5. The act of turning.
6. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

   The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

Synonyms

• (shavings): swarf

Derived terms

• turning point

Translations

Verb

turning

1. present participle of turn

   The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

   He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Anagrams

• Ringnut, runting

English

Noun

banking (countable and uncountable, plural bankings)

1. The business of managing a bank.
2. The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
3. (aviation) A horizontal turn.
4. 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. […]

5. (rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.

Synonyms

• bankerage (obsolete)

Derived terms

• banking house
• e-banking
• phone banking
• time banking

Translations

Verb

banking

1. present participle of bank