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Covering vs Cladding - What's the difference?

covering | cladding |

As nouns the difference between covering and cladding

is that covering is that which covers something while cladding is clothing; clothes.

As verbs the difference between covering and cladding

is that covering is present participle of lang=en while cladding is present participle of lang=en.

covering

English

Noun

  • (countable) That which covers something.
  • (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover .

    • Verb

    (head)

    • cladding

    English

    (wikipedia cladding)

    Noun

  • (rare) Clothing; clothes.
  • Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fiber.
  • (construction) a weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

    • Verb

    (head)