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Boxing vs Packing - What's the difference?

boxing | packing |

As verbs the difference between boxing and packing

is that boxing is or boxing can be while packing is .

As nouns the difference between boxing and packing

is that boxing is (sports) a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout or boxing can be material used for making boxes or casing while packing is the action of the verb.

boxing

English

Etymology 1

From

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia boxing) (-)
  • (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
    • Synonyms
    * (sports) fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from boxing) * boxing glove * boxing match * boxing ring * kick-boxing, kickboxing * shadow-boxing, shadowboxing
    Related terms
    * box * boxer
    See also
    (terms associated with boxing) * clinch * down for the count * fancy footwork * left hook * on the ropes * on the canvas * on the mat * upper cut * prizefighting * ring * wrestling * (boxing)

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material used for making boxes or casing.
  • (construction) Casing.
  • (programming) Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
    • Antonyms
    * (programming) unboxing

    Verb

    (head)

    • packing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * send someone packing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb.
  • # The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
  • # (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
  • # The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
  • # (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
  • As a concrete noun.
  • # Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
  • # Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
  • # A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
  • # Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
    • ::::*Examples: Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

    Derived terms

    * packing case