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Sacking vs Tacking - What's the difference?

sacking | tacking |

As nouns the difference between sacking and tacking

is that sacking is cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks) while tacking is loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.

As verbs the difference between sacking and tacking

is that sacking is present participle of lang=en while tacking is present participle of lang=en.

sacking

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
    • The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.
  • (countable) Firing or termination of an employee.
    • He followed his sacking with a good drunk.

    Verb

    (head)

    • tacking

    English

    Noun

  • loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
  • (nautical) the act of changing tack
  • (legal) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
    • (Bouvier)
    (Kent)

    Verb

    (head)