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Paling vs Paving - What's the difference?

paling | paving |

As verbs the difference between paling and paving

is that paling is while paving is .

As nouns the difference between paling and paving

is that paling is a pointed stick used to make a fence while paving is the hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.

As an adjective paving is

pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself.

paling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pointed stick used to make a fence.
  • A fence made of palings.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 142
  • The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground.

    paving

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.
  • Interior pavement, as in a cathedral.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself.