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Covering vs Cowling - What's the difference?

covering | cowling |

As nouns the difference between covering and cowling

is that covering is (countable) that which covers something while cowling is a young or little cow; calf or cowling can be a removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle etc.

As a verb covering

is .

covering

English

Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)

    • cowling

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young or little cow; calf.
  • *2003 , David Gilet, The Yellow Dot Plague and Other Tales :
    • She nuzzled between the legs—a bull calf. She continued to nuzzle and clean the little pea-green body that was blue with white patches about his cowling parts.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (wikipedia cowling) (en noun)
  • A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle etc