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Felling vs Tacking - What's the difference?

felling | tacking |

As verbs the difference between felling and tacking

is that felling is while tacking is .

As nouns the difference between felling and tacking

is that felling is the act by which something is felled while tacking is loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.

felling

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is felled.
  • * 2013 , B. G. Karlsson, Contested Belonging (page 107)
    • One forest officer, stationed in the buffer of the Buxa Tiger Reserve, argued that 80% of the illegal fellings are carried out by forest villagers and that more or less all Rabhas are involved.
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    tacking

    English

    Noun

  • loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
  • (nautical) the act of changing tack
  • (legal) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
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    Verb

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