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Piping vs Pimping - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between piping and pimping

is that piping is present participle of lang=en while pimping is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between piping and pimping

is that piping is the process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching while pimping is the practise of procuring prostitutes.

As adjectives the difference between piping and pimping

is that piping is high-pitched while pimping is little or petty.

piping

English

Verb

(head)
  • 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

    *

    pimping

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) Little or petty.
  • (obsolete, US, dialect) puny; sickly
  • (slang, African American Vernacular English) Consisting]] of or having the [[quality, qualities of a pimp.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • The practise of procuring prostitutes.
  • The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
  • Verb

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