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Casing vs Covering - What's the difference?

casing | covering |

As nouns the difference between casing and covering

is that casing is that which encloses or encases while covering is (countable) that which covers something.

As verbs the difference between casing and covering

is that casing is while covering is .

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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    covering

    English

    Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)