Frap vs Frac - What's the difference?
frap | frac |
(nautical) To draw together tightly.
(oil drilling) To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing )
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(oil drilling) Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing
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As verbs the difference between frap and frac
is that frap is (nautical) to draw together tightly while frac is (oil drilling) to use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing ).As nouns the difference between frap and frac
is that frap is (informal) frappuccino while frac is (oil industry) frac job or frac can be fracture or frac can be fraction.As an adjective frac is
(oil drilling) relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing.frap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fraperVerb
Etymology 2
Shortening.frac
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
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Adjective
(head)citation, page= , passage=More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago. }}
citation, page= , passage=The drilling industry has generally spelled the word without a "K," using terms like "frac' job" or "' frac fluid." }}