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Paling vs Piling - What's the difference?

paling | piling |

As verbs the difference between paling and piling

is that paling is present participle of lang=en while piling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between paling and piling

is that paling is a pointed stick used to make a fence while piling is a structural support comprised of a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

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.

    piling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A structural support comprised of a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
  • The act of heaping up.
  • (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles, to form bars, etc.

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