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Covering vs Shielding - What's the difference?

covering | shielding |

As nouns the difference between covering and shielding

is that covering is (countable) that which covers something while shielding is (physics|chemistry) the situation, in nmr spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.

As verbs the difference between covering and shielding

is that covering is while shielding is .

covering

English

Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)

    • shielding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
  • (soccer) Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.

    • Synonyms

    * (soccer action) screening

    Antonyms

    * (situation in NMR spectroscopy)deshielding