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Matting vs Masting - What's the difference?

matting | masting |

As nouns the difference between matting and masting

is that matting is mats, a collection of ground coverings while masting is (botany) a mast seeding.

As verbs the difference between matting and masting

is that matting is while masting is .

matting

English

Noun

  • mats, a collection of ground coverings
  • * 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
    • His departure oppressed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, I threw myself almost in despair upon the matting of the floor.
  • coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats
  • * c. 1771 James Cook, First Voyage Round the World
    • ... the sails are of Matting and are made narrow at the head and Square at the foot,...
    Besides Cloth they [Tahitians] make several different sorts of matting , both better and finer than any we have in Europe; the stuff they make it on is the Produce of the Palm tree.
  • a dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures; matte

    • Verb

    (head)

    • masting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A mast seeding.

    • Verb

    (head)

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