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Plugging vs Blocking - What's the difference?

plugging | blocking |

As verbs the difference between plugging and blocking

is that plugging is while blocking is .

As nouns the difference between plugging and blocking

is that plugging is the act of stopping with a plug while blocking is the act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.

plugging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of stopping with a plug.
  • The material of which a plug or stopper is made.
  • An arrangement of plugs.
    • We tried a few different pluggings .
    (Webster 1913)

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    blocking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Miss H.'s voice was clear and intelligible, although it alternated between vocal blockings and extreme vocal hurry, every clause being jetted out suddenly, and rapidly decaying into aphonia.
  • (theater) The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
  • Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.