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Panelling vs Facing - What's the difference?

panelling | facing |

As nouns the difference between panelling and facing

is that panelling is the panels wherewith a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively while facing is the most external portion of exterior siding.

As verbs the difference between panelling and facing

is that panelling is while facing is .

As an adjective facing is

(rail transport|of points and crossovers) diverging in the direction of travel.

panelling

English

Alternative forms

* Of the past participle: paneling.

Noun

  • The panels wherewith a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.
  • *, chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling , with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=3 citation , passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • facing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rail transport, of points and crossovers) diverging in the direction of travel.
  • Antonyms

    * trailing

    Derived terms

    * facing points

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The most external portion of exterior siding.
  • (sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
  • (metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
  • (military, in the plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
  • (military, mostly, plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
  • Verb

    (head)