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Packing vs Parkin - What's the difference?

packing | parkin |

As a verb packing

is .

As a noun packing

is the action of the verb.

As a proper noun parkin is

.

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

    parkin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Parkin, a diminutive of Peter

    Alternative forms

    * perkin

    Noun

    (-)
  • A traditional soft cake of Northern England, usually made with oatmeal and treacle.
  • Etymology 2

    An abbreviation of Parkinson.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) A particular protein, mutations in which are associated with Parkinson's disease.
  • Anagrams

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