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Lining vs Lagging - What's the difference?

lining | lagging |

As nouns the difference between lining and lagging

is that lining is a covering for the inside surface of something while lagging is the covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.

As verbs the difference between lining and lagging

is that lining is while lagging is .

As an adjective lagging is

falling behind, not keeping up the pace.

lining

English

(Product lining) (Brake lining)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A covering for the inside surface of something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
  • *
  • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
  • The material used for such a covering.
  • The act of attaching such a covering.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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    lagging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • falling behind, not keeping up the pace
  • Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
  • *
  • Coordinate terms

    * (occurring after) leading, concurrent

    Derived terms

    * lagging indicator

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection
  • The material so used
  • Verb

    (head)