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Stacking vs Filling - What's the difference?

stacking | filling |

As nouns the difference between stacking and filling

is that stacking is the act by which something is stacked while filling is anything that is used to fill something.

As verbs the difference between stacking and filling

is that stacking is while filling is .

As an adjective filling is

of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

stacking

English

Noun

  • The act by which something is stacked.
    • the number of possible stackings of eight boxes
  • (uncountable) Sport stacking.
  • (chemistry, countable) A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.
  • Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.
  • (photography) An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.
  • (television) A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.

    • Derived terms

    * antistacking

    Verb

    (head)

    • filling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach
    • a filling meal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that is used to fill something.
  • The contents of a pie, etc.
  • (dentistry) A piece of amalgam used to fill a cavity in a tooth.
  • The woof in woven fabrics.
  • Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • See also

    * filing