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Duct vs Piping - What's the difference?

duct | piping |

As nouns the difference between duct and piping

is that duct is a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another while piping is the process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.

As verbs the difference between duct and piping

is that duct is to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts) while piping is .

As an adjective piping is

high-pitched.

duct

English

(Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
  • heating and air-conditioning ducts
  • An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
  • (obsolete) Guidance; direction.
  • otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.

    Derived terms

    * ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ducts

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts)
  • piping

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
  • The sound of musical pipes.
  • An act of making music or noise with pipes.
  • A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
  • the piping of a house
  • An ornamentation on pastry edges and seams.
  • An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
  • Piped icing on a cake.
  • (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
  • (botany) propagation by cuttings
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • High-pitched.
  • His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.

    Derived terms

    * piping hot

    See also

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