Dripping vs Streaming - What's the difference?
dripping | streaming |
Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
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The sound or action of something that drips.
movement as a stream
(computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
(UK, education) Division of classes into academic streams.
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As nouns the difference between dripping and streaming
is that dripping is solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat while streaming is movement as a stream.As verbs the difference between dripping and streaming
is that dripping is present participle of lang=en while streaming is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective streaming is
that streams.dripping
English
Noun
(wikipedia dripping)- They were pleased because he was not above drinking a cup of tea with them, and when the dawn came and they were still waiting they offered him a slice of bread and dripping ; he was not squeamish and could eat most things now with a good appetite.
- Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.
Derived terms
* dripping panVerb
(head)streaming
English
(wikipedia streaming)Verb
(head)Noun
(en-noun)Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
