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Padding vs Mattress - What's the difference?

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Padding is a related term of mattress.


As nouns the difference between padding and mattress

is that padding is soft filling material used in cushions etc while mattress is a pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.

As a verb padding

is .

padding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia padding) (en noun)
  • Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
  • (computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
  • (military) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or lengthJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006). .

    • References

    mattress

    English

    (wikipedia mattress)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
  • A form of retaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment

    • Derived terms

    * go to the mattresses * mattress cover * mattress pad * mattress topper

    See also

    * futon * botton sheet

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