As verbs the difference between purging and archiving
is that purging is while archiving is .
As a noun purging
is the act by which something is purged.
purging
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
The act by which something is purged.
(medicine) vomiting
* 1849 , The Journal of Health and Disease (page 98)
- He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings