As nouns the difference between tapping and ticking
is that
tapping is an act of making a light hit or strike against something while
ticking is a strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses or
ticking can be a sound of something ticking or
ticking can be a marking that occurs on some horses it involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.
As verbs the difference between tapping and ticking
is that
tapping is while
ticking is .