Spacing vs Pacing - What's the difference?
spacing | pacing |
The action of the verb space.
A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
The space between two objects or people.
That inserts space between two objects.
The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.
* Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
As verbs the difference between spacing and pacing
is that spacing is present participle of lang=en while pacing is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between spacing and pacing
is that spacing is the action of the verb {{term|space|lang=en}} while pacing is the act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.As an adjective spacing
is that inserts space between two objects.spacing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
- Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.
Derived terms
* automatic spacing * channel spacing * double-spacing * echo spacing * French spacing * interframe spacing * letter-spacing, letterspacing * level spacing distribution * line-spacing * measured spacing * optical spacing * segment long spacing * self-spacing tile * single-spacing * spacing effect * spacing mark * spacing mix * third-spacing * triple-spacing * word spacing * zero spacing fluxAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* long-spacing sonic log * non-spacing, nonspacingAnagrams
*pacing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- We have repeatedly referred to the usefulness of steps, lines, ticks, clocks, routines, pacings , etc. - scales, measures, series, patterns, disposed in a fixed and regular and conventional space-time.