Parking vs Parting - What's the difference?
parking | parting |
The action of the verb to park .
Space in which to park a car or other vehicle.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxi. 21
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
* Byron
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US )
(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
(chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
(geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
(nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
(mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between parking and parting
is that parking is while parting is .As nouns the difference between parking and parting
is that parking is the action of the verb to park while parting is the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.parking
English
Verb
(head)- Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)
- His parking skills needed improvement. (as participial adjective)
- They will be parking the aircraft in the desert for the next few months. (as progressive)
- Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment. (as gerundial noun)
Noun
(-)- Parking in central London can be very difficult.
- It can be difficult to find parking in central London.
Usage notes
* Often used attributively, as an adjective.Derived terms
* parking area * parking garage * parking lot * parking meter * parking space * parking ticket * parking violationparting
English
Noun
(en noun)- The parting of the way.
- And there were sudden partings ,such as press / The life from out young hearts.
- But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.