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Clamping vs Clumping - What's the difference?

clamping | clumping |

As verbs the difference between clamping and clumping

is that clamping is present participle of lang=en while clumping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between clamping and clumping

is that clamping is the act by which something is clamped while clumping is a clump or cluster.

clamping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is clamped.
    • There are frequent clampings of cars that fail to display a parking permit.

    clumping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clump or cluster.
  • * 2006 , Patrizia Ferretti, Andrew Copp, Cheryll Tickle, Embryos, Genes and Birth Defects
    • BMP-2 and BMP-4 also induce the expression of the neurotrophin receptor, TrkC, in cultured crest-derived cells and induce the cells to coalesce into ganglion-like clumpings .
  • The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
  • * 1916 , Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent'man
    • Heavy backstair clumpings announce huge Ab, my negro paddler.