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Masking vs Shadowing - What's the difference?

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Masking is a related term of shadowing.


As verbs the difference between masking and shadowing

is that masking is while shadowing is .

As nouns the difference between masking and shadowing

is that masking is the act by which something is masked while shadowing is the effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.

masking

English

Verb

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    • Derived terms

    * antimasking * masking tape

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is masked.
  • An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.
  • * 1984 , John Norman, Players of Gor
    • Such things, maskings , and disguisings, and dressing up, sometimes in incredible and wild fashions, are all part of the fun of carnival.

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    shadowing

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
  • Speech shadowing is when an individual repeats speech as they hear it immediately without delay (usually through earphones).
  • (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
  • A faint representation; an adumbration.
    • There are in savage theology shadowings , quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. — Tylor.
  • (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.