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Railings vs Tailings - What's the difference?

railings | tailings |

As nouns the difference between railings and tailings

is that railings is while tailings is the waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; gangue, slimes.

railings

English

Noun

(head)
  • (Britain) railing (a horizontal rail with vertical supports)

    • tailings

    English

    (wikipedia tailings)

    Noun

    (head)
  • the waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; gangue, slimes