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Plating vs Electroplating - What's the difference?

plating | electroplating |

As verbs the difference between plating and electroplating

is that plating is while electroplating is .

As nouns the difference between plating and electroplating

is that plating is (philately) an act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet while electroplating is a process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.

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.

    • electroplating

    English

    (wikipedia electroplating)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.

    • External links

    * An Electroplating Wiki