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Scoring vs Rating - What's the difference?

scoring | rating |

As nouns the difference between scoring and rating

is that scoring is the process of keeping score in a sport or contest while rating is a position on a scale.

As verbs the difference between scoring and rating

is that scoring is present participle of lang=en while rating is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective scoring

is of something or someone that scores.

scoring

English

Adjective

  • Of something or someone that scores.
    • The highest scoring team will win the match.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
    • The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.
  • The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
    • Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.
  • The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • rating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A position on a scale
  • An evaluation of status, especially of financial status
    • They have a poor credit rating .
  • A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
    • He has a high chess rating .
  • (nautical) A seaman in a warship
  • *2014 , BBC News, Huge Russian warship fascinates French in Saint-Nazaire
  • *:Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok.
  • (nautical) The status of a seaman, corresponding to rank in officers.
  • * In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are:- ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer

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