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Buffing vs Puffing - What's the difference?

buffing | puffing |

As verbs the difference between buffing and puffing

is that buffing is present participle of lang=en while puffing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between buffing and puffing

is that buffing is material removed by the action of someone who buffs while puffing is the act of one who puffs.

buffing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material removed by the action of someone who buffs.
  • * (Sir Humphry Davy)
    • the burning machine for blowing dirt and buffings off the work

    puffing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (United States) Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
  • *{{quote-web
    • , date = 2011-12-06 , author = TRI-102.5 Staff , title = ‘Puffing’ is Illegal in Colorado (Warming Up Your Car Unattended) , site = TRI-102.5 , url = http://tri1025.com/puffing-is-illegal-in-colorado-warming-up-your-car-unattended-2/, passage=It's called "puffing ," when drivers start their car and then leave it unattended while running.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who puffs.
    • the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train
  • A puffy ornament.
  • * 1825 , The Ladies' Monthly Museum (volume 21, page 50)
    • Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns
  • (legal) An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.