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Centering vs Tentering - What's the difference?

centering | tentering |

As verbs the difference between centering and tentering

is that centering is present participle of lang=en while tentering is present participle of tenter.

As nouns the difference between centering and tentering

is that centering is temporary wooden structure built to support an arch during construction while tentering is the stretching of cloth on tenters.

centering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (countable) Temporary wooden structure built to support an arch during construction
  • (uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process

    • Synonyms

    * centring

    Derived terms

    * noncentering

    See also

    * (wikipedia "centering")

    tentering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The stretching of cloth on tenters

    • See also

    * tenterhook