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Lacking vs Tacking - What's the difference?

lacking | tacking |

As verbs the difference between lacking and tacking

is that lacking is while tacking is .

As nouns the difference between lacking and tacking

is that lacking is the absence of something; a lack while tacking is loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.

lacking

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The absence of something; a lack.
  • * Sax Rohmer, The Romance of Sorcery
    • Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings , did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

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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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