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Routed vs Routing - What's the difference?

routed | routing |

As verbs the difference between routed and routing

is that routed is (route) or routed can be (rout) while routing is or routing can be .

As an adjective routed

is (chiefly|in combination) assigned a route or routed can be decisively beaten or defeated.

As a noun routing is

a method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the internet, along which information can be passed or routing can be a channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.

routed

English

Etymology 1

From .

Verb

(head)
  • (route)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) assigned a route

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rout)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • decisively beaten or defeated

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    routing

    English

    (wikipedia routing)

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    * routeing (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms