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Blocking vs Preventing - What's the difference?

blocking | preventing |

As verbs the difference between blocking and preventing

is that blocking is present participle of lang=en while preventing is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun blocking

is the act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.

blocking

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
  • Miss H.'s voice was clear and intelligible, although it alternated between vocal blockings and extreme vocal hurry, every clause being jetted out suddenly, and rapidly decaying into aphonia.
  • (theater) The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
  • Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
  • preventing

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