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Patting vs Matting - What's the difference?

patting | matting |

As verbs the difference between patting and matting

is that patting is present participle of lang=en while matting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between patting and matting

is that patting is the act by which something is patted while matting is mats, a collection of ground coverings.

patting

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is patted.
  • * Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service
    • It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.

    matting

    English

    Noun

  • mats, a collection of ground coverings
  • * 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
    • His departure oppressed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, I threw myself almost in despair upon the matting of the floor.
  • coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats
  • * c. 1771 James Cook, First Voyage Round the World
    • ... the sails are of Matting and are made narrow at the head and Square at the foot,...
    Besides Cloth they [Tahitians] make several different sorts of matting , both better and finer than any we have in Europe; the stuff they make it on is the Produce of the Palm tree.
  • a dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures; matte

    • Verb

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