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Overlapping vs Lapping - What's the difference?

overlapping | lapping |

As verbs the difference between overlapping and lapping

is that overlapping is present participle of lang=en while lapping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between overlapping and lapping

is that overlapping is the situation in which things overlap while lapping is a kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

As an adjective overlapping

is pertaining to something that overlaps something else.

overlapping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
    • 1851' ''A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the '''overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.'' — Herman Melville, Moby Dick.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The situation in which things overlap.

    • lapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * lapping engine, lapping machine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
    • (Ure)

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