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Coating vs Covering - What's the difference?

coating | covering |

As nouns the difference between coating and covering

is that coating is a thin outer layer while covering is that which covers something.

As verbs the difference between coating and covering

is that coating is present participle of lang=en while covering is present participle of lang=en.

coating

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin outer layer.
    • They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
  • (archaic) Cloth for making coats.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.

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    covering

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) That which covers something.
  • (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover .

    • Verb

    (head)