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Milling vs Profiling - What's the difference?

milling | profiling |

As nouns the difference between milling and profiling

is that milling is the series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated while profiling is the forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.

As verbs the difference between milling and profiling

is that milling is present participle of lang=en while profiling is present participle of lang=en.

milling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.
  • A grinding process using a mill
  • Verb

    (head)
  • profiling

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
  • (military, historical) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.
  • Derived terms

    * DNA profiling * psychological profiling * racial profiling

    Verb

    (head)