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Chunking vs Chinking - What's the difference?

chunking | chinking |

As nouns the difference between chunking and chinking

is that chunking is a strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information while chinking is the material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.

As verbs the difference between chunking and chinking

is that chunking is present participle of lang=en while chinking is present participle of lang=en.

chunking

English

(wikipedia chunking)

Noun

  • (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
  • (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
  • The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • chinking

    English

    Noun

  • The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
  • The sound of something that chinks.
  • * 1887 , May Hodgson, A day of life (page 187)
    • All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin

    Verb

    (head)