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Cladding vs Plating - What's the difference?

cladding | plating |

As nouns the difference between cladding and plating

is that cladding is (rare) clothing; clothes while plating is (philately) an act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.

As verbs the difference between cladding and plating

is that cladding is while plating is .

cladding

English

(wikipedia cladding)

Noun

  • (rare) Clothing; clothes.
  • Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fiber.
  • (construction) a weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

    • Verb

    (head)

    • plating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philately) An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
  • A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
  • A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.