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Packaging vs Packing - What's the difference?

packaging | packing |

As verbs the difference between packaging and packing

is that packaging is present participle of lang=en while packing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between packaging and packing

is that packaging is the act of packing something while packing is the action of the verb.

packaging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of packing something
  • the materials used to pack something
  • the industry that produces such material
  • (by extension) the manner in which a person or product is promoted

    • packing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * send someone packing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb.
  • # The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
  • # (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
  • # The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
  • # (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
  • As a concrete noun.
  • # Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
  • # Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
  • # A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
  • # Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
    • ::::*Examples: Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

    Derived terms

    * packing case