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Mining vs Digging - What's the difference?

mining | digging |

As nouns the difference between mining and digging

is that mining is (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth while digging is the action performed by a person or thing that digs.

As verbs the difference between mining and digging

is that mining is present participle of lang=en while digging is present participle of lang=en.

mining

English

Noun

  • (senseid) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
    • gold mining
  • (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
    • His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
  • * (Jonathan Swift)
    • the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.
  • (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode

    • Derived terms

    * defensive mining * offensive mining * open-pit mining * strip-mining * surface mining

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * data mining

    Related terms

    * mine

    digging

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
  • A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
  • (archaic, colloquial) region; locality

    • Verb

    (head)