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Placing vs Plating - What's the difference?

placing | plating |

As verbs the difference between placing and plating

is that placing is while plating is .

As nouns the difference between placing and plating

is that placing is the action of the verb to place while plating is (philately) an act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.

placing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to place
  • The condition of being placed
  • The position of a competitor at the end of a race

    • plating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philately) An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
  • A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
  • A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.