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Pinging vs Pinning - What's the difference?

pinging | pinning |

As verbs the difference between pinging and pinning

is that pinging is while pinning is .

As nouns the difference between pinging and pinning

is that pinging is the sound of a ping while pinning is a ceremony in which a pin badge is given.

pinging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a ping.
  • * 1870 , Sir John William Kaye, A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858 (volume 2, page 320)
    • walking across the open in stern composure, with the pingings of the hostile bullets, and the imploring cries of his comrades to save himself, sounding in his ears.
  • * 2011 , Ramona DeFelice Long, Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (page 202)
    • When she entered, her eyes and ears were assaulted by neon lights in bright colors, the hypnotic, musical pingings of electronic slot and poker machines, and the clinking of coins dropping into payout trays.
  • The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.

    • pinning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
  • * 2003 , James A. Schnell, Case Studies in Culture and Communication: A Group Perspective
    • There were a variety of informal traditional activities that occurred in recognition of events such as birthdays, pinnings (when a member gave his fraternity pin to his girlfriend to acknowledge preengagement), and engagements.