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Piping vs Piking - What's the difference?

piping | piking |

As verbs the difference between piping and piking

is that piping is while piking is .

As a noun piping

is the process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.

As an adjective piping

is high-pitched.

piping

English

Verb

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    • Noun

  • The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
  • The sound of musical pipes.
  • An act of making music or noise with pipes.
  • A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
    • the piping of a house
  • An ornamentation on pastry edges and seams.
  • An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
  • Piped icing on a cake.
  • (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
  • (botany) propagation by cuttings

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • High-pitched.
    • His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.

    Derived terms

    * piping hot

    See also

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    piking

    English

    Verb

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