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Compaction vs Tamping - What's the difference?

compaction | tamping |

As nouns the difference between compaction and tamping

is that compaction is the process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted while tamping is the act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.

As a verb tamping is

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compaction

English

(wikipedia compaction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
  • *2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
  • *:At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.

    • tamping

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

  • The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.
  • The material used in tamping.