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Padding vs Patting - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between padding and patting

is that padding is present participle of lang=en while patting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between padding and patting

is that padding is soft filling material used in cushions etc while patting is the act by which something is patted.

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). .

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    patting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is patted.
  • * Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service
    • It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.