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Icing vs Covering - What's the difference?

icing | covering |

As nouns the difference between icing and covering

is that icing is a sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting while covering is (countable) that which covers something.

As verbs the difference between icing and covering

is that icing is while covering is .

icing

English

Etymology 1

Gerund of the verb . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
  • (ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
  • The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
    • Derived terms
    * butter icing * water icing

    Etymology 2

    From the verb .

    Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    covering

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) That which covers something.
  • (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover .

    • Verb

    (head)