Crate vs Packing - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between crate and packing

is that crate is a large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods while packing is the action of the verb.

is that crate is to put into a crate while packing is present participle of lang=en.

(en noun)

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.

* packing case

(crat)

To put into a crate.

To keep in a crate.

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(head)

* send someone packing

(en noun)

The action of the verb.

# The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.

# (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.

# The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.

# (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.

As a concrete noun.

# Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.

# Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.

# A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.

# Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.

::::*Examples: Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

* packing case