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Casting vs Casing - What's the difference?

casting | casing |

As verbs the difference between casting and casing

is that casting is present participle of lang=en while casing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between casting and casing

is that casting is the act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc while casing is that which encloses or encases.

casting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
  • A manufacturing process using a mold.
  • The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
  • The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
  • (computing) The act of converting between data types.
  • Synonyms

    * (selection of performers) audition

    Derived terms

    * leafcasting * ray casting

    Anagrams

    * ----

    casing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which encloses or encases.
  • Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
  • (uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
  • The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.

    Derived terms

    * sausage casing

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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