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Checking vs Containment - What's the difference?

checking | containment |

As nouns the difference between checking and containment

is that checking is (ice hockey) the act of physically keeping an opposing player in check while containment is (uncountable) the state of being contained.

As a verb checking

is .

checking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
  • (informal) A checking account.
  • Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.

    containment

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being contained.
  • (uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
  • (uncountable, countable) Something contained.
  • (uncountable, countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
  • (countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
  • (countable, mathematics) an inclusion