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Panning vs Tanning - What's the difference?

panning | tanning |

As verbs the difference between panning and tanning

is that panning is present participle of lang=en while tanning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between panning and tanning

is that panning is the act of one who pans, as for gold while tanning is the acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.

panning

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who pans, as for gold.
  • Material that has been panned.
  • * Geological Survey Professional Paper (volumes 265-270, page 122)
  • A trace of metazeunerite was identified in pannings from the dump of the upper of the two adits.
  • (audio) The act by which a sound is panned.
  • The new console supports pannings and fades.
  • Thorough criticism.
  • The director's films had received pannings from critics.

    tanning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
  • Noun

  • The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  • (informal) A spanking.
  • See also

    * tan someone's hide