different between zapping vs capping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zæp??/
• Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

zapping

1. Present participle and gerund of zap.

Noun

zapping (plural zappings)

1. The act or result of being zapped.

French

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.pi?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

zapping m (uncountable)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Further reading

• “zapping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??apin/

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with facer (facer zapping) or is also zapear.

Synonyms

• zapeo

Related terms

• zapear

Portuguese

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with fazer (facer zapping) or is also zapear and zapar

Related terms

• zapear, zapar

Spanish

Etymology

From the gerund form zapping of English zap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??apin/, [??a.p?n]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sapin/, [?sa.p?n]

Noun

zapping m (plural zappings)

1. (Spain) zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing

   Synonym: zapeo

Usage notes

The verb form (to channel hop) is formed with hacer (hacer zapping) or is also zapear.

Related terms

• zapear

English

Etymology

From cap +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kap??/

Verb

capping

1. present participle of cap

Noun

capping (countable and uncountable, plural cappings)

1. The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
2. (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
3. The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
4. The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
5. (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
6. (Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
7. The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability for easy and fast comprehension. (See also. CAPPING) Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.